Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

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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.

$0.21 with Freedom Health vs $17.58 with Simply Healthcare — 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $0.21
AvMed HIX $0.31
Molina MCR $0.46
AvMed FullyInsured $0.58
AvMed Engage $0.62
AvMed Select $0.62
AvMed Focus $0.62
AvMed Flex $0.62
AvMed Empower $0.62
AvMed ASOEO $0.67
Aetna ASA $0.72
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $0.84
Humana HMO $0.89
Humana PPO $0.96
United PPO OptionsPPO $1.06
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1.08
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1.20
United GVT $7.78
United AllPayerAppendix $7.78
Devoted Health MCR $7.78
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.78
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.78
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $7.78
Wellmed MGMCR $7.78
BCBS MCRHMO $7.94
United MCR $7.94
BCBS MCRPPO $7.94
Aetna MCR $8.01
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.17
Sunshine State MCR $8.17
American Health Plan MCR $8.25
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.32
Cigna Healthspring MCR $8.32
Sunshine State MCD $8.56
Centurion GVT $8.56
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.34
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.89
Oscar HIX $15.02
Simply Healthcare HIX $17.58
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $26.52 $7.97 – $17.68
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $61.55 $7.39 – $12.98
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $33.09 $7.78 – $17.27
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $55.13 $7.39 – $16.62
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $83.43 $7.78 – $17.27
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $20.26 $7.39 – $17.00
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $24.00 $6.22 – $11.28
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $57.85 $7.78 – $14.21

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