X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study 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

$2,659.00

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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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$2,659.00

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.

$228.67 with Freedom Health vs $1,902.61 with Prime Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $228.67 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $345.67 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -85%
Molina MCR $505.21 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $638.16 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $691.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $691.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $691.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $691.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $691.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $744.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $797.70 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $930.65 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $983.83 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $1,063.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,169.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,196.55 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,329.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,902.61 ↓ -28%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $3,966.97 $187.75 – $416.27
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,077.38 $174.01 – $305.71
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,019.60 $174.01 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,516.80 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,234.65 $174.01 – $400.13
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,530.38 $183.17 – $334.46
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,205.75 $28.98 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $25.93 – $767.50

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