Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$459.00

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.

$459.00

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.

$2.70 with HUMANA vs $229.50 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $2.70 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $2.70 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $2.70 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.70 ↓ -99%
United GVT $2.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $2.75 ↓ -99%
United MCR $2.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $2.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $2.78 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $2.84 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $2.84 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $2.86 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $2.89 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $2.89 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $2.97 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $2.97 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $3.24 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $3.24 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $5.21 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.10 ↓ -99%
Freedom Health MGMCR $39.47 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $59.67 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $65.67 ↓ -86%
Molina MCR $87.21 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $110.16 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $119.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $119.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $119.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $119.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $119.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $128.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $137.70 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $160.65 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $169.83 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $183.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $201.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $206.55 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $229.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $207.30 $2.77 – $6.14
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