Blood typing patient serum 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.

$6.28 with Freedom Health vs $57.57 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 $6.28
AvMed HIX $9.49
Molina MCR $13.87
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $16.34
Devoted Health MCR $16.34
United AllPayerAppendix $16.34
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $16.34
United GVT $16.34
Wellmed MGMCR $16.34
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $16.34
BCBS MCRHMO $16.67
United MCR $16.67
BCBS MCRPPO $16.67
Aetna MCR $16.83
Sunshine State MCR $17.16
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $17.16
American Health Plan MCR $17.32
Cigna Healthspring MCR $17.48
Florida Complete Care MCR $17.48
AvMed FullyInsured $17.52
Sunshine State MCD $17.97
Centurion GVT $17.97
AvMed Focus $18.98
AvMed Select $18.98
AvMed Empower $18.98
AvMed Engage $18.98
AvMed Flex $18.98
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $19.61
Longevity Health Plan MCR $19.61
AvMed ASOEO $20.44
Aetna ASA $21.90
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $25.55
Humana HMO $27.01
Humana PPO $29.20
Oscar HIX $31.54
United PPO OptionsPPO $32.12
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $32.85
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $36.50
Simply Healthcare HIX $36.93
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $57.57
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Blood typing patient serum at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring not published $63.14 – $140.00
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $60.00 $13.07 – $62.74
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $225.94 $61.60 – $112.49
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $100.10 $2.08 – $130.90
martin north hospital Stuart $100.10 $2.19 – $115.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $100.10 $2.08 – $123.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $130.65 $2.27 – $180.90
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $130.65 $2.27 – $180.90

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