Chromogenic substrate assay 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

$95.00

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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.

$95.00

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.

$4.46 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $87.40 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 $4.46 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $7.41 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $7.41 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $7.41 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $7.41 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $7.60 ↓ -92%
Humana TRICARE $10.78 ↓ -89%
CareSource Tricare $11.11 ↓ -88%
United VA CCN FED $11.89 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $11.89 ↓ -87%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $11.89 ↓ -87%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $11.89 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.89 ↓ -87%
United MGMCD $11.89 ↓ -87%
WellMed MCR $11.89 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.13 ↓ -87%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $12.13 ↓ -87%
United MCR $12.13 ↓ -87%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.13 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $12.48 ↓ -87%
WellCare MCR $12.48 ↓ -87%
Sunshine State MCR $12.48 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan MCR $12.60 ↓ -87%
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.72 ↓ -87%
Align Senior Care MCR $12.72 ↓ -87%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $12.72 ↓ -87%
SECUR MGMCR $12.84 ↓ -86%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $12.96 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.08 ↓ -86%
Clear Spring Health MCR $13.08 ↓ -86%
Centurion LOGOV $13.08 ↓ -86%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $14.63 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $15.58 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.88 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $18.05 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $18.31 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $20.90 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $21.85 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $23.75 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $24.23 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $25.65 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $26.60 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $26.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $28.50 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $37.05 ↓ -61%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.97 ↓ -58%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $39.97 ↓ -58%
Prime Health WorkersComp $40.81 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $42.75 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $47.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $47.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $47.50 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $47.50 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $52.25 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $71.25 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $76.00 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $76.00 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $76.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $80.75 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $87.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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