Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$196.99

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$196.99

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.26 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $306.53 with Prime Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $9.26 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $14.18 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $14.18 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $15.37 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $15.37 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $15.37 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $15.37 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $15.76 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $28.96 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $29.55 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $30.34 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $32.31 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $37.43 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $43.34 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $45.31 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $49.25 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $50.23 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $53.19 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $55.16 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $55.16 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $59.10 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $76.83 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $88.65 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $98.50 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $98.50 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $98.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $98.50 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $108.34 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $147.74 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $157.59 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $157.59 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $157.59 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $167.44 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $181.23 ↓ -8%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $300.21 ↑ +52%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $300.21 ↑ +52%
Prime Health WorkersComp $306.53 ↑ +56%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $439.36 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,024.75 $39.00 – $86.59
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $492.75 $37.05 – $83.31
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $639.19 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $169.00 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $406.00 $33.84 – $301.96
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $225.94 $39.00 – $71.22
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $455.65 $30.30 – $106.00

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →