St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$538.00

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.

$538.00

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.

$46.27 with Freedom Health vs $269.00 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $46.27 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $69.94 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $82.62 ↓ -85%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $82.62 ↓ -85%
Wellmed MGMCR $82.62 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health MCR $82.62 ↓ -85%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $82.62 ↓ -85%
United GVT $82.62 ↓ -85%
BCBS MCRHMO $84.27 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRPPO $84.27 ↓ -84%
United MCR $84.27 ↓ -84%
Aetna MCR $85.10 ↓ -84%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $86.75 ↓ -84%
Sunshine State MCR $86.75 ↓ -84%
American Health Plan MCR $87.58 ↓ -84%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $88.40 ↓ -84%
Florida Complete Care MCR $88.40 ↓ -84%
Centurion GVT $90.88 ↓ -83%
Sunshine State MCD $90.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHP $93.61 ↓ -83%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $94.09 ↓ -83%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $99.14 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $99.14 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $102.22 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $102.22 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $104.91 ↓ -81%
Simply Healthcare HIX $126.43 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $129.12 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $131.27 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $139.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $139.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $139.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $139.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $139.88 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $141.49 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $150.64 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $161.40 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $188.30 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $188.84 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $188.84 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $199.06 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $215.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $236.72 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $242.10 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $269.00 ↓ -50%

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $243.99 $84.69 – $187.76
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $334.66 $78.49 – $137.89
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $564.39 $82.62 – $183.42
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $362.87 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $563.80 $82.62 – $183.42
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $364.73 $78.49 – $180.48
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $852.00 $66.10 – $99.14
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $743.51 not published

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