Ghs immun0electrophoresis 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.

$21.00

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.

$0.99 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $201.03 with Prime Health — 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $0.99 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.51 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.51 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.64 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.64 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.64 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.64 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.68 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3.23 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $3.44 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $4.62 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $4.83 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $5.25 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5.36 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $5.67 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $5.88 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $5.88 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $6.30 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $8.19 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $9.45 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $10.50 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $10.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $10.50 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $10.50 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $11.55 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $15.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $16.80 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $16.80 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $16.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $17.85 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $19.32 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $27.12 ↑ +29%
CareSource Tricare $27.96 ↑ +33%
United VA CCN FED $29.92 ↑ +42%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.92 ↑ +42%
United MGMCD $29.92 ↑ +42%
WellMed MCR $29.92 ↑ +42%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $29.92 ↑ +42%
Aetna MCR $29.92 ↑ +42%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $29.92 ↑ +42%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $30.52 ↑ +45%
BCBS MCRPPO $30.52 ↑ +45%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $30.52 ↑ +45%
United MCR $30.52 ↑ +45%
Sunshine State MCR $31.42 ↑ +50%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $31.42 ↑ +50%
WellCare MCR $31.42 ↑ +50%
American Health Plan MCR $31.72 ↑ +51%
Florida Complete Care MCR $32.01 ↑ +52%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $32.01 ↑ +52%
Align Senior Care MCR $32.01 ↑ +52%
SECUR MGMCR $32.31 ↑ +54%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $32.61 ↑ +55%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $32.91 ↑ +57%
Centurion LOGOV $32.91 ↑ +57%
Clear Spring Health MCR $32.91 ↑ +57%
Simply Healthcare HIX $42.49 ↑ +102%
Oscar HIX $46.08 ↑ +119%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $196.89 ↑ +838%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $196.89 ↑ +838%
Prime Health WorkersComp $201.03 ↑ +857%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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