Cytopath c/v auto in fluid 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.

$25.37 with Wellmed vs $144.83 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
Wellmed MGMCR $25.37
United AllPayerAppendix $25.37
United GVT $25.37
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $25.37
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $25.37
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $25.37
Devoted Health MCR $25.37
United MCR $25.88
BCBS MCRPPO $25.88
BCBS MCRHMO $25.88
Aetna MCR $26.13
Sunshine State MCR $26.64
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $26.64
American Health Plan MCR $26.89
Cigna Healthspring MCR $27.15
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.15
Sunshine State MCD $27.91
Centurion GVT $27.91
Longevity Health Plan MCR $30.44
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $30.44
Oscar HIX $48.96
Simply Healthcare HIX $57.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $144.83
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Cytopath c/v auto in fluid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring not published $26.00 – $57.66
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $24.10 – $42.34
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $25.37 – $56.32
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast not published $24.10 – $54.19
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $25.37 – $56.32
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach not published $24.10 – $55.42
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $20.30 – $157.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte not published $25.37 – $46.33

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