Appendectomy add-on 44955 at indian river hospital

1000 36th Street, Vero Beach, FL · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1376512988

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$397.80

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.

$612.00

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.

$63.58 with Wellcare vs $2,892.66 with Independent Living Systems — 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
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $63.58 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $63.58 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $63.58 ↓ -84%
Medicaid Managed Medicaid $63.58 ↓ -84%
Value Options Managed Medicaid $63.58 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid $67.93 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Health Options $79.54 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Network Blue $81.50 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Traditional (PPS) $83.45 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Perferred Patient Care $83.45 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage PPO $85.13 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage HMO $85.13 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $85.13 ↓ -79%
Value Options Medicare Advantage $85.13 ↓ -79%
Careplus Medicare Advantage $85.13 ↓ -79%
Magellan Medicare Advantage $85.13 ↓ -79%
Avmed Medicare Advantage $85.13 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $88.97 ↓ -78%
Freedom Health Medicare Advantage $89.39 ↓ -78%
WellMed Medicare Advantage $89.39 ↓ -78%
Independent Living Systems Medicare Advantage $89.39 ↓ -78%
Clear Spring Health All Products $91.94 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Behavioral Health $102.16 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage PCP $105.56 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Specialist $107.26 ↓ -73%
Avmed Exchange $118.60 ↓ -70%
Avmed Select $123.16 ↓ -69%
Avmed Broad $132.28 ↓ -67%
Aetna PPO First Health $140.19 ↓ -65%
United All Products $172.62 ↓ -57%
Aetna POS First Health $275.40 ↓ -31%
Clarity Health All Products $397.80 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers All Products $397.80 ↑ +0%
The Legacy Companies All Products $397.80 ↑ +0%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $459.00 ↑ +15%
National Provider Network All Products $520.20 ↑ +31%
Aetna All Products First Health $550.80 ↑ +38%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Physician $612.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Mid-Level $612.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $612.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Physician $612.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Surefit Mid-Level $612.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Surefit Physician $612.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid $2,290.02 ↑ +476%
MOLINA Florida KidCare $2,410.55 ↑ +506%
Carelon BH Strategies Managed Medicaid $2,410.55 ↑ +506%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,410.55 ↑ +506%
Molina Florida Kidcare $2,410.55 ↑ +506%
SUNSHINE HEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,410.55 ↑ +506%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,531.08 ↑ +536%
AETNA Managed Medicaid/CHIP $2,651.61 ↑ +567%
Independent Living Systems Managed Medicaid $2,892.66 ↑ +627%
Aetna All Products Anesthesia not published by hospital —
Aetna All Products Behavioral Health not published by hospital —
Aetna Medical Rental not published by hospital —
Aetna All Products Specialist not published by hospital —
Aetna All Products PCP not published by hospital —
Value Options All Products not published by hospital —
Magellan Summit not published by hospital —
Magellan Pinnacle not published by hospital —

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Appendectomy add-on 44955 at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $397.80 $63.58 – $2,892.66
martin north hospital Stuart $397.80 $63.58 – $2,531.08
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $1,527.50 $591.00 – $2,350.00
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI not published not published

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