Echo stress at HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
901 US Hwy 41 Bypass S, VENICE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1003862053
$15,396.34
Cash price 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.
$15,396.34
Gross charge 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.
$119.70 with CorVel Corporation vs $14,164.63 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $119.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $119.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $122.22 | ↓ -99% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $723.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $1,108.54 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,108.54 | ↓ -93% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $1,200.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $1,200.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $1,200.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $1,200.91 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $1,231.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $2,263.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,309.45 | ↓ -85% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $2,371.04 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,525.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,678.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,678.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $2,925.30 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $3,387.19 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $3,541.16 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $3,849.09 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | HIX | $4,157.01 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,618.90 | ↓ -70% |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $6,004.57 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $6,928.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $7,698.17 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $7,698.17 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $7,698.17 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthcare Sarasota | COMM | $7,698.17 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $8,467.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $11,547.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $12,317.07 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $12,317.07 | ↓ -20% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $12,317.07 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $13,086.89 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $14,164.63 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo stress at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,364.04 | $542.08 – $952.35 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $3,232.56 | $542.08 – $1,218.77 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $5,551.89 | $570.61 – $1,266.75 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $3,751.43 | $570.61 – $1,041.93 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,978.95 | $61.53 – $3,349.85 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $2,978.95 | $55.05 – $1,970.50 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $2,561.65 | $98.28 – $3,152.80 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $2,671.50 | $433.00 – $2,683.83 |