Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum 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

$504.00

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.

$504.00

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.

$10.74 with NDMS Definitive Care vs $252.00 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
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -98%
Wellmed MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $10.74 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.74 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.74 ↓ -98%
United GVT $10.74 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.95 ↓ -98%
United MCR $10.95 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $10.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $11.06 ↓ -98%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $11.28 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $11.28 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $11.38 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.49 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $11.49 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCD $11.81 ↓ -98%
Centurion GVT $11.81 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.89 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $12.89 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $20.73 ↓ -96%
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.27 ↓ -95%
Freedom Health MGMCR $43.34 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $55.77 ↓ -89%
AvMed HIX $65.52 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $95.76 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $120.96 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $131.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $131.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $131.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $131.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $131.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $141.12 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $151.20 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $176.40 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $186.48 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $201.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $221.76 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $226.80 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $252.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $46.48 $11.01 – $24.41
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $32.63 $10.20 – $17.93
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $33.83 $10.74 – $23.84
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $32.63 $10.20 – $22.94
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $53.30 $10.74 – $23.84
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $27.97 $10.20 – $23.46
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $226.00 $8.59 – $60.78
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $78.78 $10.74 – $19.61

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