Assay of sialic acid at HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
901 US Hwy 41 Bypass S, VENICE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1003862053
$26.00
Cash price 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.
$26.00
Gross charge 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.
$1.22 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $36.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $1.22 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $1.87 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1.87 | ↓ -93% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $2.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $2.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $2.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $2.03 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $2.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $4.00 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4.26 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $4.94 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $5.72 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $5.98 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $6.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $6.63 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | HIX | $7.02 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $7.28 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | PPO | $7.28 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $7.80 | ↓ -70% |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $10.14 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $11.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $12.18 | ↓ -53% |
| CareSource | Tricare | $12.56 | ↓ -52% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $13.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $13.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $13.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthcare Sarasota | COMM | $13.00 | ↓ -50% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACNN | $13.44 | ↓ -48% |
| United | MGMCD | $13.44 | ↓ -48% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.44 | ↓ -48% |
| WellMed | MCR | $13.44 | ↓ -48% |
| United VA CCN | FED | $13.44 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.44 | ↓ -48% |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MCR | $13.44 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $13.71 | ↓ -47% |
| United | MCR | $13.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $13.71 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $13.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $14.11 | ↓ -46% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRPPO | $14.11 | ↓ -46% |
| WellCare | MCR | $14.11 | ↓ -46% |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $14.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $14.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $14.38 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCR | $14.38 | ↓ -45% |
| Align Senior Care | MCR | $14.38 | ↓ -45% |
| SECUR | MGMCR | $14.52 | ↓ -44% |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | Medicare | $14.65 | ↓ -44% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRHMO | $14.78 | ↓ -43% |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $14.78 | ↓ -43% |
| Centurion | LOGOV | $14.78 | ↓ -43% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $19.08 | ↓ -27% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $19.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Oscar | HIX | $20.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $20.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $20.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $20.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $22.10 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $23.92 | ↓ -8% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $36.06 | ↑ +39% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $36.06 | ↑ +39% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $36.82 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
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