Culture fungi other (except blood) 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

$6.00

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.

$6.00

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.

$0.52 with Freedom Health vs $221.30 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 $0.52 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $0.78 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $1.14 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $1.44 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $1.56 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1.56 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1.56 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1.56 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $1.56 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $1.68 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1.80 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $2.10 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $2.22 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $2.40 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2.64 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2.70 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3.00 ↓ -50%
United GVT $8.41 ↑ +40%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.41 ↑ +40%
Devoted Health MCR $8.41 ↑ +40%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.41 ↑ +40%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.41 ↑ +40%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.41 ↑ +40%
Wellmed MGMCR $8.41 ↑ +40%
BCBS MCRHMO $8.58 ↑ +43%
United MCR $8.58 ↑ +43%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.58 ↑ +43%
Aetna MCR $8.66 ↑ +44%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.83 ↑ +47%
Sunshine State MCR $8.83 ↑ +47%
American Health Plan MCR $8.91 ↑ +49%
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $9.00 ↑ +50%
Sunshine State MCD $9.25 ↑ +54%
Centurion GVT $9.25 ↑ +54%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $10.09 ↑ +68%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $10.09 ↑ +68%
Oscar HIX $16.23 ↑ +171%
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.01 ↑ +217%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $221.30 ↑ +3588%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $105.81 $8.62 – $19.11
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $249.72 $7.99 – $14.04
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $305.08 $8.41 – $18.67
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $309.08 $7.99 – $17.96
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $240.94 $8.41 – $18.67
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $29.00 $7.99 – $18.37
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $61.55 $8.41 – $15.36
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $15.60 $3.25 – $12.97

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