Chromatography 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

$33.00

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.

$33.00

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.

$1.55 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $73.64 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.

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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 $1.55 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2.38 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2.38 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.57 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.57 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.57 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.57 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $2.64 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $5.08 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $5.41 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $6.27 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $7.26 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $7.59 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $8.25 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $8.41 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $8.91 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $9.24 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $9.24 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $9.90 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $12.87 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $14.85 ↓ -55%
Humana TRICARE $16.37 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $16.50 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $16.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $16.50 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $16.50 ↓ -50%
CareSource Tricare $16.88 ↓ -49%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $18.06 ↓ -45%
United MGMCD $18.06 ↓ -45%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↓ -45%
WellMed MCR $18.06 ↓ -45%
United VA CCN FED $18.06 ↓ -45%
Aetna MCR $18.06 ↓ -45%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $18.06 ↓ -45%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $18.15 ↓ -45%
United MCR $18.42 ↓ -44%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $18.42 ↓ -44%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.42 ↓ -44%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.42 ↓ -44%
WellCare MCR $18.96 ↓ -43%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -43%
Sunshine State MCR $18.96 ↓ -43%
American Health Plan MCR $19.14 ↓ -42%
Align Senior Care MCR $19.32 ↓ -41%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $19.32 ↓ -41%
Florida Complete Care MCR $19.32 ↓ -41%
SECUR MGMCR $19.50 ↓ -41%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $19.69 ↓ -40%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $19.87 ↓ -40%
Clear Spring Health MCR $19.87 ↓ -40%
Centurion LOGOV $19.87 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $24.75 ↓ -25%
Simply Healthcare HIX $25.65 ↓ -22%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $26.40 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $26.40 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $26.40 ↓ -20%
Oscar HIX $27.81 ↓ -16%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $28.05 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $30.36 ↓ -8%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $72.12 ↑ +119%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $72.12 ↑ +119%
Prime Health WorkersComp $73.64 ↑ +123%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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