Amino acids quant 2-5 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.

$17.77 with Humana vs $76.63 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
Humana TRICARE $17.77
CareSource Tricare $18.32
United VA CCN FED $19.61
United Behavioral Health VACNN $19.61
Aetna MCR $19.61
United AllPayerAppendix $19.61
United MGMCD $19.61
WellMed MCR $19.61
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $19.61
BCBS MCRPPO $20.00
United MCR $20.00
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $20.00
BCBS MGMCRHMO $20.00
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $20.59
Sunshine State MCR $20.59
WellCare MCR $20.59
American Health Plan MCR $20.79
Align Senior Care MCR $20.98
Florida Complete Care MCR $20.98
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $20.98
SECUR MGMCR $21.18
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $21.37
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $21.57
Clear Spring Health MCR $21.57
Centurion LOGOV $21.57
Simply Healthcare HIX $27.85
Oscar HIX $30.20
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Amino acids quant 2-5 at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $284.05 $5.78 – $371.45
martin north hospital Stuart $284.05 $6.08 – $327.75
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $31.20 $17.28 – $31.34
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $40.15 $17.26 – $49.03
Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.) Saint Johns $40.15 $17.26 – $49.03
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville $40.15 $17.26 – $49.03
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Middleburg $40.15 $17.26 – $49.03
HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL Palatka $513.00 $17.77 – $73.23

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