Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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

$67.00

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.

$67.00

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.

$5.76 with Freedom Health vs $33.50 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $5.76 ↓ -91%
Wellmed MGMCR $6.02 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.02 ↓ -91%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.02 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCR $6.02 ↓ -91%
United GVT $6.02 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.02 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.14 ↓ -91%
United MCR $6.14 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.14 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCR $6.20 ↓ -91%
Sunshine State MCR $6.32 ↓ -91%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.32 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan MCR $6.38 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $6.44 ↓ -90%
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.44 ↓ -90%
Centurion GVT $6.62 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCD $6.62 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $7.22 ↓ -89%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.22 ↓ -89%
AvMed HIX $8.71 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.70 ↓ -86%
Molina MCR $12.73 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $12.73 ↓ -81%
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.74 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $16.08 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $17.42 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $17.42 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $17.42 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $17.42 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $17.42 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $17.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $18.76 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $20.10 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $23.45 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $23.52 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $23.52 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $24.79 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $26.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $29.48 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $30.15 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $33.50 ↓ -50%
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 $110.37 $6.84 – $15.16
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