Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

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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.

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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.

$0.52 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $11.98 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 $0.52
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.79
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.79
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.86
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.86
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.86
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.86
AvMed HIX $0.88
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.69
United OptionsPPO $1.80
Molina MGMCR $2.09
AvMed HMOFI $2.42
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2.53
AvMed ASOEO $2.75
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.81
Molina HIX $2.97
Humana HMO $3.08
Humana PPO $3.08
Aetna ASA $3.30
BeHealthy America MCR $4.29
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.95
Beacon Health Options COMM $5.50
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $5.50
Plotkin Health COMM $5.50
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $5.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $6.05
Humana TRICARE $7.05
CareSource Tricare $7.27
United VA CCN FED $7.78
United MGMCD $7.78
United AllPayerAppendix $7.78
WellMed MCR $7.78
Aetna MCR $7.78
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $7.78
United Behavioral Health VACNN $7.78
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.94
BCBS MCRPPO $7.94
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.94
United MCR $7.94
Sunshine State MCR $8.17
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.17
WellCare MCR $8.17
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $8.25
American Health Plan MCR $8.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $8.32
Align Senior Care MCR $8.32
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.32
SECUR MGMCR $8.40
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $8.48
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.56
Centurion LOGOV $8.56
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.56
Evernorth BHCOMM $8.80
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $8.80
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $8.80
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $9.35
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $10.12
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.73
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $10.73
Prime Health WorkersComp $10.95
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.05
Oscar HIX $11.98
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $61.55 $7.39 – $12.98
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $33.09 $7.78 – $17.27
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $55.13 $7.39 – $16.62
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $83.43 $7.78 – $17.27
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $20.26 $7.39 – $17.00
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $24.00 $6.22 – $11.28
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $57.85 $7.78 – $14.21
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $70.85 $1.95 – $50.00

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