Glucose body 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.

$3.93 with United vs $220.50 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 $3.93
Wellmed MGMCR $3.93
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $3.93
United GVT $3.93
Devoted Health MCR $3.93
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $3.93
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $3.93
BCBS MCRPPO $4.01
United MCR $4.01
BCBS MCRHMO $4.01
Aetna MCR $4.05
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.13
Sunshine State MCR $4.13
American Health Plan MCR $4.17
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.21
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.21
Sunshine State MCD $4.32
Centurion GVT $4.32
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $4.72
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.72
Oscar HIX $7.58
Simply Healthcare HIX $8.88
Freedom Health MGMCR $37.93
AvMed HIX $57.33
Molina MCR $83.79
AvMed FullyInsured $105.84
AvMed Focus $114.66
AvMed Select $114.66
AvMed Empower $114.66
AvMed Engage $114.66
AvMed Flex $114.66
AvMed ASOEO $123.48
Aetna ASA $132.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $142.13
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $154.35
Humana HMO $163.17
Humana PPO $176.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $194.04
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $198.45
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $220.50
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Glucose body fluid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $105.41 $4.03 – $8.93
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $150.80 $3.73 – $6.56
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $150.80 $3.73 – $8.39
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $278.39 $3.93 – $8.72
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $129.26 $3.73 – $8.59
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $29.54 $3.93 – $7.18
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $55.90 $2.36 – $13.00
martin north hospital Stuart $55.90 $2.73 – $16.50

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