Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) 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

$11,044.88

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.

$11,044.88

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.

$519.11 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $10,161.29 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 $519.11 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $795.23 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $795.23 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $861.50 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $861.50 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $861.50 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $861.50 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1,080.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHP $1,101.00 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1,700.91 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,811.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,826.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,826.00 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $2,098.53 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,233.53 ↓ -80%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,233.53 ↓ -80%
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,280.55 ↓ -79%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,816.44 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $2,982.12 ↓ -73%
AvMed HMOFI $3,110.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $3,313.46 ↓ -70%
AvMed ASOEO $3,418.00 ↓ -69%
BeHealthy America MCR $4,307.50 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,970.20 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $5,522.44 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $5,522.44 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $5,522.44 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $6,074.68 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $8,283.66 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $8,835.90 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $8,835.90 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $8,835.90 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $9,388.15 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $10,161.29 ↓ -8%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,404.82 $346.11 – $748.98
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $6,164.11 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $7,318.03 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,138.44 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,314.00 $49.57 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $44.35 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $312.00 $45.52 – $480.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,395.60 $173.17 – $4,701.60

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