Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$7,634.62

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.

$7,634.62

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.

$161.50 with Rockport Healthcare Group vs $7,023.85 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
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $161.50 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $161.50 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WorkersComp $164.90 ↓ -98%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $358.83 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $549.69 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $549.69 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $595.50 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $595.50 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $595.50 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $595.50 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $610.77 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,122.29 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $1,145.19 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1,175.73 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,252.08 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $1,328.42 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $1,328.42 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $1,450.58 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1,679.62 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1,755.96 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $1,908.65 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,946.83 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2,061.35 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2,137.69 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $2,137.69 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2,290.39 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $2,977.50 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,435.58 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $3,817.31 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,817.31 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3,817.31 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $3,817.31 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $4,199.04 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $5,725.97 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $6,107.70 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $6,107.70 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $6,107.70 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,489.43 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $7,023.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,790.96 $236.71 – $415.86
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $6,921.03 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,889.00 $236.71 – $532.20
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,310.93 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,101.78 $236.71 – $544.31
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,695.84 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,358.50 $25.29 – $1,477.30
martin north hospital Stuart $1,358.50 $22.62 – $869.00

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