Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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

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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.

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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.

$0.69 with Humana vs $21.16 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
Humana TRICARE $0.69
CareSource Tricare $0.71
Aetna MCR $1.59
United AllPayerAppendix $1.66
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1.68
AvMed HIX $1.84
Truli BSL $1.96
BCBS SBN $2.02
BCBS BSL $2.02
BCBS MBN $2.02
BCBS HMO $2.65
Truli PPO $2.78
BCBS NWB $2.90
BCBS PPO $2.90
Simply Healthcare HIX $3.38
Oscar HIX $3.45
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3.54
United OptionsPPO $3.77
Cigna PPO $4.00
Cigna HMO $4.00
Molina MGMCR $4.37
BCBS PHS $4.67
AvMed HMOFI $5.06
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $5.29
AvMed ASOEO $5.75
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5.87
Molina HIX $6.21
Humana PPO $6.44
Humana HMO $6.44
Aetna ASA $6.90
BeHealthy America MCR $8.97
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $10.35
Beacon Health Options COMM $11.50
Plotkin Health COMM $11.50
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $11.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $12.65
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $17.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $18.40
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $18.40
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $18.40
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $19.55
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $21.16
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $5.85 $0.74 – $78.30
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $8.54 $0.98 – $2.94
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $8.40 $0.98 – $3.00
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $15.00 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL HIALEAH $14.00 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL MARGATE $15.00 $0.69 – $1.27
OVIEDO MEDICAL CENTER Oviedo $15.12 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT HOSPITAL TAMARAC $19.00 $0.69 – $1.27

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