Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$158.00

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.

$158.00

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.

$4.81 with United vs $79.00 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
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81 ↓ -97%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -97%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -97%
United GVT $4.81 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $4.81 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.81 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.91 ↓ -97%
United MCR $4.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.91 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $4.95 ↓ -97%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.05 ↓ -97%
Sunshine State MCR $5.05 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MCR $5.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.15 ↓ -97%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.15 ↓ -97%
Sunshine State MCD $5.29 ↓ -97%
Centurion GVT $5.29 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.77 ↓ -96%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.77 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $9.28 ↓ -94%
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.87 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $13.59 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $20.54 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $30.02 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $37.92 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $41.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $41.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $41.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $41.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $41.08 ↓ -74%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $43.18 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $44.24 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $47.40 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $55.30 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $58.46 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $63.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $69.52 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $71.10 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $79.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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