Assay of galactose 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

$106.00

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.

$106.00

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.

$4.98 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $97.52 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 $4.98 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $7.63 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $7.63 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $8.27 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $8.27 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $8.27 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $8.27 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $8.48 ↓ -92%
Humana TRICARE $10.16 ↓ -90%
CareSource Tricare $10.47 ↓ -90%
United VA CCN FED $11.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna MCR $11.20 ↓ -89%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $11.20 ↓ -89%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $11.20 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.20 ↓ -89%
United MGMCD $11.20 ↓ -89%
WellMed MCR $11.20 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.42 ↓ -89%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.42 ↓ -89%
United MCR $11.42 ↓ -89%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.42 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.76 ↓ -89%
WellCare MCR $11.76 ↓ -89%
Sunshine State MCR $11.76 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan MCR $11.87 ↓ -89%
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.98 ↓ -89%
Align Senior Care MCR $11.98 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $11.98 ↓ -89%
SECUR MGMCR $12.10 ↓ -89%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $12.21 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $12.32 ↓ -88%
Clear Spring Health MCR $12.32 ↓ -88%
Centurion LOGOV $12.32 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.90 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $16.32 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $17.25 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $17.38 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $20.14 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $23.32 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $24.38 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $26.50 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $27.03 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $28.62 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $29.68 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $29.68 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $31.80 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $41.34 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $47.70 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $53.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $53.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $53.00 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $53.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $58.30 ↓ -45%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↓ -29%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↓ -29%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $79.50 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $84.80 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $84.80 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $84.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $90.10 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $97.52 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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