Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$103.82

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.

$103.82

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.

$4.88 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $95.51 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 $4.88 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $7.48 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $7.48 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $8.10 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $8.10 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $8.10 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $8.10 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $8.31 ↓ -92%
Truli BSL $8.82 ↓ -92%
BCBS MBN $9.14 ↓ -91%
BCBS BSL $9.14 ↓ -91%
BCBS SBN $9.14 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $11.94 ↓ -88%
Truli PPO $12.56 ↓ -88%
BCBS NWB $13.08 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $13.08 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.26 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHP $15.37 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $15.57 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $15.99 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $17.03 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $18.06 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $18.06 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $19.73 ↓ -81%
BCBS PHS $21.08 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $22.84 ↓ -78%
Aetna GatedCOMM $23.46 ↓ -77%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $23.46 ↓ -77%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $23.88 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $25.95 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $26.47 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $28.03 ↓ -73%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $28.50 ↓ -73%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.50 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $29.07 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $29.07 ↓ -72%
Prime Health WorkersComp $29.10 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $31.15 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $40.49 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $46.72 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $51.91 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $51.91 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $51.91 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $51.91 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $57.10 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $77.86 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $83.06 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $83.06 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $83.06 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $88.25 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $95.51 ↓ -8%

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Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $85.86 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $101.22 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $96.40 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $143.80 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $138.00 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $256.04 not published
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