Cygnus, per sq cm 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

$4,305.00

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.

$4,305.00

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.

$209.78 with United vs $2,152.50 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.

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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
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $297.05 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $314.26 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $370.23 ↓ -91%
BCBS SBN $585.48 ↓ -86%
BCBS MBN $585.48 ↓ -86%
BCBS BSL $585.48 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $813.64 ↓ -81%
BCBS NWB $865.30 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $865.30 ↓ -80%
BCBS PHS $1,037.51 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASA $1,291.50 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $1,506.75 ↓ -65%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,894.20 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,937.25 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,152.50 ↓ -50%

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Cygnus, per sq cm at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS $5,208.00 $209.78 – $431.40
HCA FLORIDA NORTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL NEWBERRY $1.00 $381.42 – $381.42
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando $447.00 not published
HCA FLORIDA POINCIANA HOSPITAL DAVENPORT $708.90 $209.78 – $431.40
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $690.91 not published
HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL NORTH $4,350.17 $273.35 – $444.74
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $209.78 – $444.74
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston not published $51.06 – $142.95

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