Contrast exam thoracic aorta at HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL
3600 S Highlands Ave, Sebring, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1598282246
$22,679.00
Cash price 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.
$22,679.00
Gross charge 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.
$289.66 with Prime Health vs $11,339.50 with AvMed — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $289.66 | ↓ -99% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,950.39 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $2,948.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | MCR | $4,309.01 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $5,442.96 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Empower | $5,896.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $5,896.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $5,896.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $5,896.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $5,896.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $6,350.12 | ↓ -72% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $6,803.70 | ↓ -70% |
| Office of Sheiff Highland Co | GVT | $7,937.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | HMO | $8,391.23 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | PPO | $9,071.60 | ↓ -60% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $9,978.76 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $10,205.55 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $11,339.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Sebring | Sebring | not published | $3,379.72 – $7,493.42 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $14,290.40 | $3,297.29 – $6,020.85 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $17,773.60 | $20.89 – $23,075.80 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $17,646.20 | $18.69 – $13,574.00 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $3,732.95 | $173.17 – $5,168.70 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $3,732.95 | $959.00 – $5,168.70 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $3,732.95 | $1,005.03 – $5,168.70 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $3,732.95 | $999.28 – $5,168.70 |