Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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.

$1.57 with Freedom Health vs $200.61 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 $1.57
AvMed HIX $2.37
Molina MCR $3.46
AvMed FullyInsured $4.37
AvMed Engage $4.74
AvMed Select $4.74
AvMed Focus $4.74
AvMed Flex $4.74
AvMed Empower $4.74
AvMed ASOEO $5.10
Aetna ASA $5.47
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $6.38
Humana HMO $6.74
Humana PPO $7.29
United PPO OptionsPPO $8.02
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $8.20
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $9.11
United GVT $13.39
United AllPayerAppendix $13.39
Devoted Health MCR $13.39
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.39
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.39
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.39
Wellmed MGMCR $13.39
BCBS MCRHMO $13.66
United MCR $13.66
BCBS MCRPPO $13.66
Aetna MCR $13.79
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $14.06
Sunshine State MCR $14.06
American Health Plan MCR $14.19
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.33
Cigna Healthspring MCR $14.33
Sunshine State MCD $14.73
Centurion GVT $14.73
Longevity Health Plan MCR $16.07
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $16.07
Oscar HIX $25.84
Simply Healthcare HIX $30.26
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $200.61
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $313.62 $13.72 – $30.43
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $327.17 $12.72 – $22.35
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Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $327.17 $12.72 – $28.60
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $595.51 $13.39 – $29.73
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $98.48 $13.39 – $24.45
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