Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL
3157 NORTH MONROE ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1790732303
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Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$3.19 with Simply vs $85.57 with Careworks (Rockport Community) — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Simply | MGMCR | $3.19 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | MGMCR | $3.93 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4.14 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4.14 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4.20 | — |
| Humana | TRICARE | $4.89 | — |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $4.97 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $5.28 | — |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $5.39 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $5.39 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $5.39 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.39 | — |
| United | VACCN | $5.39 | — |
| Wellmed | MGMCR | $5.39 | — |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MGMCR | $5.39 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $5.50 | — |
| United | MCR | $5.50 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.50 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.52 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $5.66 | — |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $5.66 | — |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $5.71 | — |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $5.77 | — |
| Align Senior Care | MGMCR | $5.77 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MCR | $5.77 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $5.80 | — |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | MCR | $5.88 | — |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $5.93 | — |
| Centurion | GVT | $5.93 | — |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $6.20 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $6.21 | — |
| Longevity Health Plan | MCR | $6.47 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $6.62 | — |
| Gadsden County Jail | Prison | $6.74 | — |
| Physician Network Association | Prison | $7.01 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $7.28 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $8.41 | — |
| Naphcare | Prison | $9.16 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $9.31 | — |
| AvMed | HIXOON | $10.35 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $10.35 | — |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $10.35 | — |
| Prime Health Sheriff | WORKERSCOMP | $10.35 | — |
| Multiplan | Primary | $16.15 | — |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $16.56 | — |
| PPO Next | COMM | $17.59 | — |
| PPO Next | PPO | $17.59 | — |
| Multiplan | Complementary | $17.59 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare | TRADITIONALPPO | $17.59 | — |
| NovaNet | COMM | $18.63 | — |
| Beacon Health Options | MCR | $20.70 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $81.29 | — |
| Prime Health | WC | $83.00 | — |
| Careworks (Rockport Community) | WORKERSCOMP | $85.57 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $90.46 | $5.12 – $9.00 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $18.72 | $5.39 – $11.97 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $164.66 | $5.12 – $11.51 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $266.72 | $5.39 – $11.97 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $95.81 | $5.12 – $11.77 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $39.40 | $5.39 – $9.84 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $20.80 | $2.25 – $8.31 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $20.80 | $2.64 – $7.94 |