Aluminum - quest 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

$9.00

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.

$9.00

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.

$0.77 with Freedom Health vs $57.58 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 $0.77 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.17 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $1.71 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $2.16 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $2.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2.70 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $3.15 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $3.33 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $3.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $3.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.05 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.20 ↓ -20%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $25.48 ↑ +183%
United GVT $25.48 ↑ +183%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↑ +183%
Devoted Health MCR $25.48 ↑ +183%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $25.48 ↑ +183%
Wellmed MGMCR $25.48 ↑ +183%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $25.48 ↑ +183%
United MCR $25.99 ↑ +189%
BCBS MCRHMO $25.99 ↑ +189%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.99 ↑ +189%
Aetna MCR $26.24 ↑ +192%
Sunshine State MCR $26.75 ↑ +197%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $26.75 ↑ +197%
American Health Plan MCR $27.01 ↑ +200%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $27.26 ↑ +203%
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.26 ↑ +203%
Sunshine State MCD $28.03 ↑ +211%
Centurion GVT $28.03 ↑ +211%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $30.58 ↑ +240%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $30.58 ↑ +240%
Oscar HIX $49.18 ↑ +446%
Simply Healthcare HIX $57.58 ↑ +540%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring not published $26.12 – $57.91
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $17.39 $24.21 – $42.53
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AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $112.23 $24.21 – $55.66
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