Adh-sendout at HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL

901 US Hwy 41 Bypass S, VENICE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1003862053

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$34.00

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.

$34.00

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.

$1.60 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $52.27 with Oscar — 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $1.60 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2.45 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2.45 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.65 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.65 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.65 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.65 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $2.72 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $5.24 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $5.58 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $6.46 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $7.48 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $7.82 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $8.50 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $8.67 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $9.18 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $9.52 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $9.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $10.20 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $13.26 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $15.30 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $17.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $17.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $17.00 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $17.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $18.70 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $25.50 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $27.20 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $27.20 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $27.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $28.90 ↓ -15%
Humana TRICARE $30.76 ↓ -10%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $31.19 ↓ -8%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $31.19 ↓ -8%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $31.28 ↓ -8%
CareSource Tricare $31.71 ↓ -7%
Prime Health WorkersComp $31.85 ↓ -6%
United MGMCD $33.94 ↓ -0%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $33.94 ↓ -0%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $33.94 ↓ -0%
WellMed MCR $33.94 ↓ -0%
United VA CCN FED $33.94 ↓ -0%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.94 ↓ -0%
Aetna MCR $33.94 ↓ -0%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $34.62 ↑ +2%
BCBS MCRPPO $34.62 ↑ +2%
United MCR $34.62 ↑ +2%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $34.62 ↑ +2%
Sunshine State MCR $35.64 ↑ +5%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $35.64 ↑ +5%
WellCare MCR $35.64 ↑ +5%
American Health Plan MCR $35.98 ↑ +6%
Florida Complete Care MCR $36.32 ↑ +7%
Align Senior Care MCR $36.32 ↑ +7%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $36.32 ↑ +7%
SECUR MGMCR $36.66 ↑ +8%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $36.99 ↑ +9%
Clear Spring Health MCR $37.33 ↑ +10%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $37.33 ↑ +10%
Centurion LOGOV $37.33 ↑ +10%
Simply Healthcare HIX $48.19 ↑ +42%
Oscar HIX $52.27 ↑ +54%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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