Creatine - sendout 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.

$0.17 with Freedom Health vs $69.27 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 $0.17 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $0.26 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $0.38 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $0.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $0.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $0.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $0.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $0.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $0.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $0.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $0.60 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $0.70 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $0.74 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $0.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $0.88 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $0.90 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1.00 ↓ -50%
United GVT $4.64 ↑ +132%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64 ↑ +132%
Devoted Health MCR $4.64 ↑ +132%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.64 ↑ +132%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.64 ↑ +132%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.64 ↑ +132%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.64 ↑ +132%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.73 ↑ +137%
United MCR $4.73 ↑ +137%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.73 ↑ +137%
Aetna MCR $4.78 ↑ +139%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.87 ↑ +144%
Sunshine State MCR $4.87 ↑ +144%
American Health Plan MCR $4.92 ↑ +146%
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.96 ↑ +148%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.96 ↑ +148%
Sunshine State MCD $5.10 ↑ +155%
Centurion GVT $5.10 ↑ +155%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.57 ↑ +179%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.57 ↑ +179%
Oscar HIX $8.96 ↑ +348%
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.49 ↑ +425%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $69.27 ↑ +3364%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $52.72 $4.76 – $10.54
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $265.47 $4.41 – $7.74
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $285.89 $4.41 – $9.91
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $71.62 $4.64 – $10.30
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $195.04 $4.41 – $10.14
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $31.16 $4.64 – $8.47
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