Contrast x-ray of wrist 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.

$247.41 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $4,842.98 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 $247.41
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $379.02
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $379.02
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $410.60
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $410.60
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $410.60
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $410.60
AvMed HIX $421.13
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $435.69
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $435.69
Prime Health WorkersComp $444.86
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $810.67
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
United OptionsPPO $863.31
Molina MGMCR $1,000.18
AvMed HMOFI $1,158.10
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1,210.75
AvMed ASOEO $1,316.03
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,342.35
Molina HIX $1,421.31
Humana PPO $1,473.95
Humana HMO $1,473.95
Aetna ASA $1,579.23
BeHealthy America MCR $2,053.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,368.85
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $2,632.05
Beacon Health Options COMM $2,632.05
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,632.05
Plotkin Health COMM $2,632.05
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2,895.26
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $3,948.08
Evernorth BHCOMM $4,211.29
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $4,211.29
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $4,211.29
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4,474.49
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $4,842.98
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of wrist at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $818.76 $346.11 – $810.28
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,425.21 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,430.50 $346.11 – $795.86
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,638.34 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,142.40 $23.88 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $21.36 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $140.40 $21.70 – $400.75
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $941.20 $73.69 – $1,303.20

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