Calcium ionized 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.

$11.61 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $227.24 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 $11.61
Humana TRICARE $12.40
CareSource Tricare $12.78
WellMed MCR $13.68
United MGMCD $13.68
United VA CCN FED $13.68
United AllPayerAppendix $13.68
United Behavioral Health VACNN $13.68
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $13.68
Aetna MCR $13.68
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $13.95
BCBS MCRPPO $13.95
United MCR $13.95
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.95
Sunshine State MCR $14.36
WellCare MCR $14.36
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.36
American Health Plan MCR $14.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $14.64
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.64
Align Senior Care MCR $14.64
SECUR MGMCR $14.77
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $14.91
Centurion LOGOV $15.05
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $15.05
Clear Spring Health MCR $15.05
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $17.78
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $17.78
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $19.27
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $19.27
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $19.27
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $19.27
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.43
AvMed HIX $19.76
Oscar HIX $21.07
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $38.04
United OptionsPPO $40.51
Molina MGMCR $46.93
AvMed HMOFI $54.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $56.81
AvMed ASOEO $61.75
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $62.98
Molina HIX $66.69
Humana PPO $69.16
Humana HMO $69.16
Aetna ASA $74.10
BeHealthy America MCR $96.33
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $101.36
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $101.36
Prime Health WorkersComp $103.50
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $111.15
Beacon Health Options COMM $123.50
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $123.50
Plotkin Health COMM $123.50
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $123.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $135.85
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $185.25
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $197.60
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $197.60
Evernorth BHCOMM $197.60
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $209.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $227.24
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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