Urine Culture Test 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

$648.00

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.

$648.00

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.

$8.07 with NDMS Definitive Care vs $324.00 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 $8.07 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.07 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.07 ↓ -99%
United GVT $8.07 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.23 ↓ -99%
United MCR $8.23 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $8.23 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $8.31 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.47 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $8.47 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $8.55 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $8.63 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $8.88 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $8.88 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.68 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.68 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $15.58 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.24 ↓ -97%
Freedom Health MGMCR $55.73 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $84.24 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $123.12 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $155.52 ↓ -76%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $160.13 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $168.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $168.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $168.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $168.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $168.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $181.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $194.40 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $226.80 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $239.76 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $259.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $285.12 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $291.60 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $324.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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