Cytopath smear other source 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

$348.00

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.

$348.00

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.

$24.67 with United vs $174.00 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 $24.67 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $29.93 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $45.24 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $66.12 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $66.12 ↓ -81%
Simply Healthcare HIX $81.78 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $83.52 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $90.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $90.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $90.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $90.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $90.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $97.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $104.40 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $121.80 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $128.76 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $139.20 ↓ -60%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $144.83 ↓ -58%
United PPO OptionsPPO $153.12 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $156.60 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $174.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $332.34 $30.96 – $68.64
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $209.49 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $100.00 $24.67 – $157.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $110.19 $30.20 – $55.15
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