Amantadine (symmetrel)-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

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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.

$4.89 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $138.33 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 $4.89
Aetna MCR $7.18
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $7.49
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $7.49
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.59
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $8.11
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $8.11
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $8.11
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $8.11
AvMed HIX $8.32
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.29
Oscar HIX $15.60
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $16.02
United OptionsPPO $17.06
Molina MGMCR $19.76
AvMed HMOFI $22.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $23.92
AvMed ASOEO $26.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $26.52
Molina HIX $28.08
Humana HMO $29.12
Humana PPO $29.12
Aetna ASA $31.20
BeHealthy America MCR $40.56
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $46.80
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $52.00
Beacon Health Options COMM $52.00
Plotkin Health COMM $52.00
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $52.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $57.20
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $78.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $83.20
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $83.20
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $83.20
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $88.40
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $95.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $135.48
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $135.48
Prime Health WorkersComp $138.33
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Amantadine (symmetrel)-sendout at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $44.25 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $336.93 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $211.17 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $293.71 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $588.00 $133.47 – $136.28
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $124.66 not published
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $726.70 $90.90 – $197.21
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $98.40 $90.48 – $90.48

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