Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet 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.

$0.23 with United vs $32.00 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 $0.23
Aetna MCR $4.42
BCBS MCRHMO $4.67
Freedom Health MGMCR $5.50
AvMed HIX $8.32
BCBS BSL $8.70
BCBS MBN $8.70
BCBS SBN $8.70
BCBS HMO $12.10
Oscar HIX $12.16
Molina MCR $12.16
BCBS PPO $12.86
BCBS NWB $12.86
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.04
AvMed FullyInsured $15.36
BCBS PHS $15.42
AvMed Select $16.64
AvMed Focus $16.64
AvMed Flex $16.64
AvMed Engage $16.64
AvMed Empower $16.64
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $16.83
AvMed ASOEO $17.92
Aetna ASA $19.20
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $22.40
Cigna PPO $22.46
Cigna HMO $22.46
Humana HMO $23.68
Humana PPO $25.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $28.16
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $28.80
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $32.00
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $4.49 $0.12 – $0.63
martin north hospital Stuart $4.49 $0.15 – $0.56
indian river hospital Vero Beach $4.49 $0.17 – $0.59
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $22.75 $0.52 – $2.70
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $22.75 $0.85 – $2.70
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $19.19 $1.91 – $6.34
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $22.75 $0.53 – $2.70
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $22.75 $0.52 – $2.70

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