#creutz-prot.,western blot 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

$173.00

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.

$173.00

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.

$8.13 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $159.16 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 $8.13 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $12.46 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $12.46 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $13.49 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $13.49 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $13.49 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $13.49 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $13.84 ↓ -92%
Humana TRICARE $26.47 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $26.64 ↓ -85%
CareSource Tricare $27.29 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $28.37 ↓ -84%
United MGMCD $29.21 ↓ -83%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $29.21 ↓ -83%
Aetna MCR $29.21 ↓ -83%
United VA CCN FED $29.21 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21 ↓ -83%
WellMed MCR $29.21 ↓ -83%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $29.21 ↓ -83%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.79 ↓ -83%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $29.79 ↓ -83%
United MCR $29.79 ↓ -83%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $29.79 ↓ -83%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $30.67 ↓ -82%
WellCare MCR $30.67 ↓ -82%
Sunshine State MCR $30.67 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan MCR $30.96 ↓ -82%
Align Senior Care MCR $31.25 ↓ -82%
Florida Complete Care MCR $31.25 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $31.25 ↓ -82%
SECUR MGMCR $31.55 ↓ -82%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $31.84 ↓ -82%
Clear Spring Health MCR $32.13 ↓ -81%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $32.13 ↓ -81%
Centurion LOGOV $32.13 ↓ -81%
Molina MGMCR $32.87 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $38.06 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $39.79 ↓ -77%
Simply Healthcare HIX $41.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $43.25 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $44.12 ↓ -74%
Oscar HIX $44.98 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $46.71 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $48.44 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $48.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $51.90 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $67.47 ↓ -61%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↓ -57%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↓ -57%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $77.85 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $86.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $86.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $86.50 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $86.50 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $95.15 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $129.75 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $138.40 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $138.40 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $138.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $147.05 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $159.16 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $101.44 $27.75 – $48.75
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