Assay of corticosterone 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

$45.45

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.

$45.45

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.

$3.91 with Freedom Health vs $69.27 with Prime Health — 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 $3.91 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $5.91 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $8.64 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $10.91 ↓ -76%
AvMed Flex $11.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $11.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $11.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $11.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $11.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $12.73 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $13.63 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $15.91 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $16.82 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $18.18 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $20.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $20.45 ↓ -55%
United GVT $22.52 ↓ -50%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.52 ↓ -50%
Devoted Health MCR $22.52 ↓ -50%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $22.52 ↓ -50%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $22.52 ↓ -50%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $22.52 ↓ -50%
Wellmed MGMCR $22.52 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $22.73 ↓ -50%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.97 ↓ -49%
United MCR $22.97 ↓ -49%
BCBS MCRHMO $22.97 ↓ -49%
Aetna MCR $23.20 ↓ -49%
Sunshine State MCR $23.65 ↓ -48%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $23.65 ↓ -48%
American Health Plan MCR $23.87 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $24.10 ↓ -47%
Florida Complete Care MCR $24.10 ↓ -47%
Centurion GVT $24.77 ↓ -46%
Sunshine State MCD $24.77 ↓ -46%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $27.02 ↓ -41%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $27.02 ↓ -41%
Oscar HIX $43.46 ↓ -4%
Simply Healthcare HIX $50.90 ↑ +12%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $69.27 ↑ +52%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Sebring Sebring not published $23.08 – $51.18
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HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $78.48 $20.41 – $76.63
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HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART $45.00 $22.42 – $78.66

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