Protein s total 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

$15.00

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.

$15.00

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.

$1.29 with Freedom Health vs $93.56 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 $1.29 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.95 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $2.85 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $3.60 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $4.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.50 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $5.25 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $5.55 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $6.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $6.60 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.75 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $7.50 ↓ -50%
United GVT $11.61 ↓ -23%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.61 ↓ -23%
Devoted Health MCR $11.61 ↓ -23%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.61 ↓ -23%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.61 ↓ -23%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -23%
Wellmed MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -23%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.84 ↓ -21%
United MCR $11.84 ↓ -21%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.84 ↓ -21%
Aetna MCR $11.96 ↓ -20%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.19 ↓ -19%
Sunshine State MCR $12.19 ↓ -19%
American Health Plan MCR $12.31 ↓ -18%
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.42 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.42 ↓ -17%
Sunshine State MCD $12.77 ↓ -15%
Centurion GVT $12.77 ↓ -15%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.93 ↓ -7%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.93 ↓ -7%
Oscar HIX $22.41 ↑ +49%
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.24 ↑ +75%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $93.56 ↑ +524%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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