Electrolyte panel at HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
901 US Hwy 41 Bypass S, VENICE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1003862053
$970.30
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.
$970.30
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.
$6.35 with Humana vs $892.68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | TRICARE | $6.35 | ↓ -99% |
| CareSource | Tricare | $6.55 | ↓ -99% |
| United VA CCN | FED | $7.01 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $7.01 | ↓ -99% |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MCR | $7.01 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $7.01 | ↓ -99% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACNN | $7.01 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MCR | $7.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | MCR | $7.01 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MCR | $7.15 | ↓ -99% |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $7.15 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $7.15 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $7.15 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRPPO | $7.36 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | MCR | $7.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $7.36 | ↓ -99% |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $7.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Align Senior Care | MCR | $7.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCR | $7.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $7.50 | ↓ -99% |
| SECUR | MGMCR | $7.57 | ↓ -99% |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | Medicare | $7.64 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRHMO | $7.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $7.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Centurion | LOGOV | $7.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $9.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Oscar | HIX | $10.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $45.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $69.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $69.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $75.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $75.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $75.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $75.68 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $77.62 | ↓ -92% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $149.43 | ↓ -85% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $158.88 | ↓ -84% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $158.88 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $159.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $162.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $184.36 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $213.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $223.17 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $242.57 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $247.43 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $261.98 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $271.68 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | PPO | $271.68 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $291.09 | ↓ -70% |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $378.42 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $436.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $485.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $485.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $485.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthcare Sarasota | COMM | $485.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $533.66 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $727.73 | ↓ -25% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $776.24 | ↓ -20% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $776.24 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $776.24 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $824.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $892.68 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
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Electrolyte panel at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $205.62 | $6.66 – $11.70 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $722.12 | $7.01 – $15.56 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $339.42 | $6.66 – $14.97 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $494.60 | $7.01 – $15.56 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $53.49 | $6.66 – $15.31 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $969.00 | $5.61 – $159.80 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $51.71 | $7.01 – $12.80 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $93.60 | $2.94 – $120.70 |