Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$30.42

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.

$30.42

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.

$1.43 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $98.52 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $1.43 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2.19 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2.19 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.37 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.37 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.37 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.37 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $2.43 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $4.68 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $4.99 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $6.69 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $7.00 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $7.61 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $7.76 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $8.21 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $8.52 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $8.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $9.13 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $11.86 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $13.69 ↓ -55%
Humana TRICARE $15.20 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $15.21 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $15.21 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $15.21 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $15.21 ↓ -50%
CareSource Tricare $15.67 ↓ -48%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $16.73 ↓ -45%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $16.77 ↓ -45%
United MGMCD $16.77 ↓ -45%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77 ↓ -45%
WellMed MCR $16.77 ↓ -45%
United VA CCN FED $16.77 ↓ -45%
Aetna MCR $16.77 ↓ -45%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $16.77 ↓ -45%
United MCR $17.11 ↓ -44%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.11 ↓ -44%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.11 ↓ -44%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $17.11 ↓ -44%
WellCare MCR $17.61 ↓ -42%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.61 ↓ -42%
Sunshine State MCR $17.61 ↓ -42%
American Health Plan MCR $17.78 ↓ -42%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $17.94 ↓ -41%
Align Senior Care MCR $17.94 ↓ -41%
Florida Complete Care MCR $17.94 ↓ -41%
SECUR MGMCR $18.11 ↓ -40%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $18.28 ↓ -40%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.45 ↓ -39%
Clear Spring Health MCR $18.45 ↓ -39%
Centurion LOGOV $18.45 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $22.82 ↓ -25%
Simply Healthcare HIX $23.81 ↓ -22%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $24.34 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $24.34 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $24.34 ↓ -20%
Oscar HIX $25.83 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $25.86 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $27.99 ↓ -8%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $96.49 ↑ +217%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $96.49 ↑ +217%
Prime Health WorkersComp $98.52 ↑ +224%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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