Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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.

$5.76 with Freedom Health vs $56.68 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 $5.76
AvMed HIX $8.71
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.44
Devoted Health MCR $9.44
United GVT $9.44
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44
Wellmed MGMCR $9.44
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.44
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.44
BCBS MCRPPO $9.63
BCBS MCRHMO $9.63
United MCR $9.63
Aetna MCR $9.72
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.91
Sunshine State MCR $9.91
American Health Plan MCR $10.01
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.10
Cigna Healthspring MCR $10.10
Centurion GVT $10.38
Sunshine State MCD $10.38
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $11.33
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.33
Molina MCR $12.73
AvMed FullyInsured $16.08
AvMed Focus $17.42
AvMed Select $17.42
AvMed Empower $17.42
AvMed Engage $17.42
AvMed Flex $17.42
Oscar HIX $18.22
AvMed ASOEO $18.76
Aetna ASA $20.10
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.33
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $23.45
Humana HMO $24.79
Humana PPO $26.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $29.48
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $30.15
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $33.50
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $56.68
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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