Lactic acid 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.

$3.01 with Freedom Health vs $120.54 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $3.01
AvMed HIX $4.55
Molina MCR $6.65
AvMed FullyInsured $8.40
AvMed Empower $9.10
AvMed Focus $9.10
AvMed Flex $9.10
AvMed Engage $9.10
AvMed Select $9.10
AvMed ASOEO $9.80
Aetna ASA $10.50
Devoted Health MCR $11.57
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57
United GVT $11.57
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.57
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.57
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.57
Wellmed MGMCR $11.57
United MCR $11.80
BCBS MCRHMO $11.80
BCBS MCRPPO $11.80
Aetna MCR $11.92
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.15
Sunshine State MCR $12.15
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $12.25
American Health Plan MCR $12.26
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.38
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.38
Sunshine State MCD $12.73
Centurion GVT $12.73
Humana HMO $12.95
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.88
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.88
Humana PPO $14.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $15.40
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $15.75
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $17.50
Oscar HIX $22.33
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.15
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $120.54
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Lactic acid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $240.62 $11.86 – $26.29
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $261.49 $10.99 – $19.31
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $98.16 $11.57 – $25.69
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $278.08 $10.99 – $24.71
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $338.31 $11.57 – $25.69
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $160.99 $10.99 – $25.27
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $84.94 $11.57 – $21.13
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