New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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.

$137.59 with Aetna vs $897.30 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 $137.59
BCBS MCRHMO $145.56
Freedom Health MGMCR $171.48
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $185.27
BCBS BSL $271.18
BCBS SBN $271.18
BCBS MBN $271.18
Aetna QHP $346.96
BCBS HMO $376.87
Molina MCR $378.86
Aetna HMO $388.83
BCBS PPO $400.79
BCBS NWB $400.79
BCBS PHS $480.55
Aetna PPO $486.54
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $524.42
Aetna ASA $598.20
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $697.90
Cigna HMO $699.89
Cigna PPO $699.89
Humana HMO $737.78
Humana PPO $797.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $877.36
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $897.30

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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $1,208.01 not published
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $698.11 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,222.87 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $964.30 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,167.14 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $701.49 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,169.43 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $910.00 $49.39 – $700.00

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