Assay of methemalbumin 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

$50.50

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.

$50.50

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.

$4.34 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 $4.34 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $6.57 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $9.60 ↓ -81%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.74 ↓ -79%
Devoted Health MCR $10.74 ↓ -79%
United GVT $10.74 ↓ -79%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.74 ↓ -79%
Wellmed MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -79%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.74 ↓ -79%
BCBS MCRHMO $10.95 ↓ -78%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.95 ↓ -78%
United MCR $10.95 ↓ -78%
Aetna MCR $11.06 ↓ -78%
Sunshine State MCR $11.28 ↓ -78%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $11.28 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan MCR $11.38 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $11.49 ↓ -77%
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.49 ↓ -77%
Centurion GVT $11.81 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State MCD $11.81 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $12.12 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $12.89 ↓ -74%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.89 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $13.13 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $13.13 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $13.13 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $13.13 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $13.13 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $14.14 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $15.15 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $17.68 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $18.68 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $20.20 ↓ -60%
Oscar HIX $20.73 ↓ -59%
United PPO OptionsPPO $22.22 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $22.73 ↓ -55%
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.27 ↓ -52%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $25.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $69.27 ↑ +37%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Assay of methemalbumin at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring not published $11.01 – $24.41
HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL HIALEAH $136.00 $10.63 – $82.30
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI $268.00 $10.63 – $82.30
HCA FLORIDA NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL ST PETERSBURG $73.70 $9.74 – $76.63
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART $50.00 $10.69 – $78.66
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $247.25 $9.74 – $76.63
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $10.20 – $17.93
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $10.74 – $23.84

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