Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$324.00

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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.

$324.00

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.

$22.36 with Aetna vs $257.28 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
Aetna MCR $22.36 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $23.65 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.08 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $27.86 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $42.12 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $61.56 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $61.56 ↓ -81%
Simply Healthcare HIX $76.14 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $77.76 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $84.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $84.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $84.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $84.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $84.24 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $90.72 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $97.20 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $113.40 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $119.88 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $129.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $142.56 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $145.80 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $162.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $257.28 ↓ -21%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $141.19 not published
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $197.22 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $783.67 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $607.04 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $90.05 not published
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