Warde zinc 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

$9.24

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.

$9.24

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.

$0.79 with Freedom Health vs $25.74 with Simply Healthcare — 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 $0.79 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.20 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $1.76 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $2.22 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $2.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $2.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $2.59 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2.77 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $3.23 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $3.42 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $3.70 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $4.07 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.16 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4.62 ↓ -50%
United GVT $11.39 ↑ +23%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.39 ↑ +23%
Devoted Health MCR $11.39 ↑ +23%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.39 ↑ +23%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.39 ↑ +23%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.39 ↑ +23%
Wellmed MGMCR $11.39 ↑ +23%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.62 ↑ +26%
United MCR $11.62 ↑ +26%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.62 ↑ +26%
Aetna MCR $11.73 ↑ +27%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $11.96 ↑ +29%
Sunshine State MCR $11.96 ↑ +29%
American Health Plan MCR $12.07 ↑ +31%
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.19 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.19 ↑ +32%
Sunshine State MCD $12.53 ↑ +36%
Centurion GVT $12.53 ↑ +36%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.67 ↑ +48%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.67 ↑ +48%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.90 ↑ +105%
Oscar HIX $21.98 ↑ +138%
Simply Healthcare HIX $25.74 ↑ +179%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Warde zinc at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $129.40 $11.67 – $25.88
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $89.86 $10.82 – $19.01
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $35.88 $11.39 – $25.29
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $96.52 $10.82 – $24.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $175.80 $11.39 – $25.29
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $65.64 $10.82 – $24.88
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $6.00 $9.11 – $20.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $83.70 $11.39 – $20.80

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