Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at Adventhealth Waterman
1000 Waterman Way, Tavares, FL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1821019571
$53.94
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.
$53.94
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.
$22.34 with Health First Health Plans vs $45.08 with Oscar — 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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| Health First Health Plans | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $22.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $22.68 | ↓ -58% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $23.01 | ↓ -57% |
| Freedom Health | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $23.46 | ↓ -57% |
| Simply Healthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $23.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $23.90 | ↓ -56% |
| Oscar | Individual Epo | $45.08 | ↓ -16% |
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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $78.06 | $21.22 – $37.29 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $77.58 | $22.34 – $49.59 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $65.30 | $21.22 – $47.72 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $110.91 | $22.34 – $49.59 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $134.01 | $21.22 – $48.80 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $451.00 | $17.87 – $267.64 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $164.95 | $22.34 – $40.79 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $46.80 | $5.23 – $28.00 |