Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL

3157 NORTH MONROE ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1790732303

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$1.04 with Simply vs $55.48 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Simply MGMCR $1.04
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1.28
Humana HMO $1.35
Humana PPO $1.35
United OptionsPPO $1.37
AvMed HMOFI $1.62
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.72
AvMed ASOEO $1.89
Aetna ASA $2.02
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.16
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3.04
Plotkin Health COMM $3.38
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $3.38
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3.38
AvMed HIXOON $3.38
Multiplan Primary $5.26
Evernorth BHCOMM $5.40
Multiplan Complementary $5.74
PPO Next COMM $5.74
Evolutions Healthcare TRADITIONALPPO $5.74
PPO Next PPO $5.74
NovaNet COMM $6.08
Beacon Health Options MCR $6.75
Humana TRICARE $16.30
United Behavioral Health VACCN $17.98
Humana MGMCRHMO $17.98
Humana MGMCRPPO $17.98
United VACCN $17.98
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $17.98
Wellmed MGMCR $17.98
United MCR $18.34
BCBS MCRPPO $18.34
BCBS MCRHMO $18.34
Aetna MCR $18.43
Sunshine State MCR $18.88
WellCare MCR $18.88
American Health Plan MCR $19.06
Cigna Healthspring MCR $19.24
Align Senior Care MGMCR $19.24
Florida Complete Care MCR $19.24
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $19.60
Centurion GVT $19.78
Clear Spring Health MCR $19.78
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $20.68
Longevity Health Plan MCR $21.58
Gadsden County Jail Prison $22.48
Physician Network Association Prison $23.37
Oscar HIX $24.27
Simply Healthcare HIX $28.05
Naphcare Prison $30.57
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $52.71
Prime Health WC $53.82
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $55.48
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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