Artery x-rays lungs 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.

$725.85 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $14,208.10 with Evolutions Healthcare Systems — 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 $725.85
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,111.94
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,111.94
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,204.60
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,204.60
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,204.60
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,204.60
AvMed HIX $1,235.49
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,265.20
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,265.20
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,312.89
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,378.31
United OptionsPPO $2,532.75
Molina MGMCR $2,934.28
AvMed HMOFI $3,397.59
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3,552.03
AvMed ASOEO $3,860.90
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,938.12
Molina HIX $4,169.77
Humana PPO $4,324.21
Humana HMO $4,324.21
Aetna ASA $4,633.08
BeHealthy America MCR $6,023.00
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6,949.62
Beacon Health Options COMM $7,721.80
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7,721.80
Plotkin Health COMM $7,721.80
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $7,721.80
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $8,493.97
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11,582.69
Evernorth BHCOMM $12,354.87
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $12,354.87
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $12,354.87
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $13,127.05
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $14,208.10
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays lungs at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $9,926.25 $3,132.43 – $5,503.18
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $11,853.80 $3,297.29 – $7,319.99
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $9,926.25 $3,132.43 – $7,042.68
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $9,495.69 $3,297.29 – $7,319.99
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,307.82 $3,132.43 – $7,202.93
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $18,103.01 $3,297.29 – $6,020.85
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