Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$601.61

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.

$601.61

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.

$7.32 with Humana vs $553.48 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
Humana TRICARE $7.32 ↓ -99%
CareSource Tricare $7.55 ↓ -99%
WellMed MCR $8.08 ↓ -99%
United VA CCN FED $8.08 ↓ -99%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $8.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $8.08 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $8.08 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $8.08 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.24 ↓ -99%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.24 ↓ -99%
United MCR $8.24 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.24 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $8.48 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $8.48 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.48 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $8.56 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.65 ↓ -99%
Align Senior Care MCR $8.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $8.65 ↓ -99%
SECUR MGMCR $8.73 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $8.81 ↓ -99%
Centurion LOGOV $8.89 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.89 ↓ -99%
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.89 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.47 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $12.44 ↓ -98%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $28.28 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $43.32 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $43.32 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $46.93 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $46.93 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $46.93 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $46.93 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $48.13 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $92.65 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $98.66 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $114.31 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $132.35 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $138.37 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $150.40 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $153.41 ↓ -75%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $155.95 ↓ -74%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $155.95 ↓ -74%
Prime Health WorkersComp $159.24 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $162.43 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $168.45 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $168.45 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $180.48 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $234.63 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $270.72 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $300.81 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $300.81 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $300.81 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $300.81 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $330.89 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $451.21 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $481.29 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $481.29 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $481.29 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $511.37 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $553.48 ↓ -8%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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