Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$6.89

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.

$6.89

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.

$0.59 with Freedom Health vs $69.27 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 $0.59 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $0.90 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $1.31 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $1.65 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $1.79 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1.79 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1.79 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1.79 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $1.79 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $1.93 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2.07 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $2.41 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $2.55 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $2.76 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $3.03 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3.10 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3.44 ↓ -50%
United GVT $9.89 ↑ +44%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↑ +44%
Devoted Health MCR $9.89 ↑ +44%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.89 ↑ +44%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.89 ↑ +44%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.89 ↑ +44%
Wellmed MGMCR $9.89 ↑ +44%
BCBS MCRHMO $10.09 ↑ +46%
United MCR $10.09 ↑ +46%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.09 ↑ +46%
Aetna MCR $10.19 ↑ +48%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $10.38 ↑ +51%
Sunshine State MCR $10.38 ↑ +51%
American Health Plan MCR $10.48 ↑ +52%
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.58 ↑ +54%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $10.58 ↑ +54%
Sunshine State MCD $10.88 ↑ +58%
Centurion GVT $10.88 ↑ +58%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.87 ↑ +72%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $11.87 ↑ +72%
Oscar HIX $19.09 ↑ +177%
Simply Healthcare HIX $22.35 ↑ +224%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $69.27 ↑ +905%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $33.81 $10.14 – $22.48
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $37.34 $9.40 – $16.51
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $31.15 $9.89 – $21.96
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $31.29 $9.40 – $21.12
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $152.65 $9.89 – $21.96
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $25.77 $9.40 – $21.60
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $9.00 $7.91 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $65.67 $9.89 – $18.06

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