ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$4,319.00

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.

$4,319.00

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.

$194.00 with Prime Health vs $9,316.00 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
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $194.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASA $1,295.70 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $1,511.65 ↓ -65%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,900.36 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,943.55 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,159.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIX $3,411.00 ↓ -21%
BCBS MBN $3,623.00 ↓ -16%
BCBS BSL $3,623.00 ↓ -16%
BCBS SBN $3,623.00 ↓ -16%
Simply Healthcare HIX $3,883.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS PHS $4,679.00 ↑ +8%
Oscar HIX $5,248.00 ↑ +22%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $5,387.00 ↑ +25%
BCBS HMO $5,652.00 ↑ +31%
BCBS PPO $5,654.00 ↑ +31%
BCBS NWB $5,654.00 ↑ +31%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,500.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO $7,272.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna HMO $7,272.00 ↑ +68%
AvMed FullyInsured $8,479.00 ↑ +96%
AvMed Flex $8,479.00 ↑ +96%
AvMed Focus $8,479.00 ↑ +96%
AvMed Engage $8,479.00 ↑ +96%
AvMed Select $8,479.00 ↑ +96%
AvMed Empower $8,479.00 ↑ +96%
AvMed ASOEO $9,316.00 ↑ +116%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $4,429.66 $637.45 – $1,413.33
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $3,418.53 $590.81 – $1,037.95
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $4,722.24 $621.90 – $1,380.62
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,097.46 $590.81 – $1,328.32
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,579.62 $621.90 – $1,380.62
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,868.04 $590.81 – $1,358.54
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,102.65 $621.90 – $1,135.59
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,437.20 $89.52 – $4,494.80

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