Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$3,059.00

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.

$3,059.00

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.

$263.07 with Freedom Health vs $1,898.11 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 $263.07 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $397.67 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $581.21 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $734.16 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $795.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $795.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $795.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $795.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $795.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $856.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $917.70 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $1,070.65 ↓ -65%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -64%
Humana HMO $1,131.83 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $1,223.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,345.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,376.55 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,529.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,898.11 ↓ -38%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring not published $581.19 – $1,288.59
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,550.73 $538.66 – $946.34
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,429.79 $567.01 – $1,258.77
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,092.44 $567.01 – $1,035.36
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,166.15 $23.15 – $3,946.55
martin north hospital Stuart $3,017.95 $20.71 – $2,321.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $3,017.95 $20.98 – $3,714.40
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $965.90 $532.24 – $970.36

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