Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL

3600 S Highlands Ave, Sebring, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1598282246

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

$7,872.00

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.

$7,872.00

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.

$517.79 with United vs $3,936.00 with AvMed — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $676.99 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1,088.00 ↓ -86%
Molina MCR $1,495.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHP $1,499.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $1,831.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $2,361.60 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $2,755.20 ↓ -65%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,016.28 ↓ -62%
United PPO OptionsPPO $3,463.68 ↓ -56%
AvMed Engage $3,533.00 ↓ -55%
AvMed Flex $3,533.00 ↓ -55%
AvMed Focus $3,533.00 ↓ -55%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,533.00 ↓ -55%
AvMed Select $3,533.00 ↓ -55%
AvMed Empower $3,533.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,542.40 ↓ -55%
AvMed ASOEO $3,879.00 ↓ -51%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,936.00 ↓ -50%

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $6,701.63 $255.40 – $566.26
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $6,155.65 $236.71 – $517.67
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $16,214.30 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $6,059.52 $236.71 – $703.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,638.72 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,503.34 $236.71 – $675.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,131.84 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,734.85 $60.51 – $1,772.25

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