Barrier skin flextend 2.25in floating flang new image 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

$8.27

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.

$8.27

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.

$1.22 with Aetna vs $9.72 with Clear Spring 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
Aetna QHP $1.22 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1.87 ↓ -77%
Aetna GatedCOMM $1.87 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASA $2.48 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3.72 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $4.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4.13 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $4.13 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $4.55 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $6.20 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $6.62 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $6.62 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $6.62 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $7.03 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $7.61 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $8.57 ↑ +4%
United MGMCD $8.84 ↑ +7%
CareSource Tricare $8.84 ↑ +7%
WellMed MCR $8.84 ↑ +7%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $8.84 ↑ +7%
Aetna MCR $8.84 ↑ +7%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $8.84 ↑ +7%
United VA CCN FED $8.84 ↑ +7%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $9.02 ↑ +9%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.02 ↑ +9%
United MCR $9.02 ↑ +9%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.02 ↑ +9%
WellCare MCR $9.28 ↑ +12%
Sunshine State MCR $9.28 ↑ +12%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.28 ↑ +12%
American Health Plan MCR $9.37 ↑ +13%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.46 ↑ +14%
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.46 ↑ +14%
Align Senior Care MCR $9.46 ↑ +14%
SECUR MGMCR $9.55 ↑ +15%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $9.64 ↑ +17%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.72 ↑ +18%
Centurion LOGOV $9.72 ↑ +18%
Clear Spring Health MCR $9.72 ↑ +18%

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