New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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.

$109.30 with Aetna vs $712.80 with United — 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
Aetna MCR $109.30
BCBS MCRHMO $115.63
Freedom Health MGMCR $136.22
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $142.59
BCBS BSL $215.42
BCBS SBN $215.42
BCBS MBN $215.42
Aetna QHP $275.62
BCBS HMO $299.38
Molina MCR $300.96
Aetna HMO $308.88
BCBS PPO $318.38
BCBS NWB $318.38
BCBS PHS $381.74
Aetna PPO $386.50
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $416.59
Aetna ASA $475.20
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $554.40
Cigna HMO $555.98
Cigna PPO $555.98
Humana HMO $586.08
Humana PPO $633.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $696.96
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $712.80

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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $1,202.96 not published
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $641.63 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $781.35 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $737.40 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $817.25 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $601.97 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,046.33 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $676.00 $36.62 – $520.00

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