Diathermy eg microwave 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

$492.47

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.

$492.47

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.

$6.77 with Humana vs $453.07 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 $6.77 ↓ -99%
CareSource Tricare $6.98 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $7.30 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $7.30 ↓ -99%
United VA CCN FED $7.30 ↓ -99%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $7.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $7.30 ↓ -99%
WellMed MCR $7.30 ↓ -99%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.45 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.45 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.45 ↓ -98%
United MCR $7.45 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $7.67 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.67 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $7.67 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $7.74 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.81 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MCR $7.81 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $7.81 ↓ -98%
SECUR MGMCR $7.88 ↓ -98%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $7.96 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.03 ↓ -98%
Centurion LOGOV $8.03 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.03 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.50 ↓ -98%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $9.50 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WorkersComp $9.70 ↓ -98%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $23.15 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $35.46 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $35.46 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $38.41 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $38.41 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $38.41 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $38.41 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $39.40 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $72.39 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $73.87 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $75.84 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $80.77 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $85.69 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $85.69 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $93.57 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $108.34 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $113.27 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $123.12 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $125.58 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $132.97 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $137.89 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $137.89 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $147.74 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $192.06 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $221.61 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $246.24 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $246.24 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $246.24 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $246.24 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $270.86 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $369.35 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $393.98 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $393.98 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $393.98 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $418.60 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $453.07 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Diathermy eg microwave at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $7.30 – $12.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $7.68 – $17.05
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $7.68 – $17.05
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach not published $7.30 – $16.78
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $5.84 – $9.70
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston not published $9.28 – $18.91
martin north hospital Stuart not published $9.28 – $22.69
indian river hospital Vero Beach not published $9.28 – $18.91

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