Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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.

$52.11 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $1,020.02 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 $52.11
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $79.83
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $79.83
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $86.48
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $86.48
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $86.48
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $86.48
AvMed HIX $88.70
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $135.48
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $135.48
Prime Health WorkersComp $138.33
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
Simply Healthcare HIX $162.98
Oscar HIX $166.31
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $170.74
United OptionsPPO $181.83
Molina MGMCR $210.66
AvMed HMOFI $243.92
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $255.01
AvMed ASOEO $277.18
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $282.72
Molina HIX $299.35
Humana HMO $310.44
Humana PPO $310.44
Aetna ASA $332.62
BeHealthy America MCR $432.40
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $498.92
Beacon Health Options COMM $554.36
Plotkin Health COMM $554.36
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $554.36
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $554.36
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $609.80
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $831.54
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $886.98
Evernorth BHCOMM $886.98
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $886.98
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $942.41
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,020.02
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $372.42 $169.02 – $296.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $497.27 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $363.32 $169.02 – $380.01
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $531.02 $177.91 – $394.97
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $319.22 $169.02 – $388.65
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,101.73 $177.91 – $324.87
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $128.05 $14.09 – $195.71
martin north hospital Stuart $302.25 $55.75 – $195.71

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