Ghs mbp 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

$16.00

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.

$16.00

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.

$0.75 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $43.79 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 $0.75 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.15 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.15 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.25 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.25 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.25 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.25 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.28 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.46 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2.62 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $3.04 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $3.52 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.68 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $4.00 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.08 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $4.32 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $4.48 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $4.48 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.80 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $6.24 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7.20 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $8.00 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $8.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $8.00 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $8.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $8.80 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $12.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $12.80 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $12.80 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $12.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $13.60 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $14.72 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $15.59 ↓ -3%
CareSource Tricare $16.07 ↑ +0%
United VA CCN FED $17.20 ↑ +8%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.20 ↑ +8%
United MGMCD $17.20 ↑ +8%
WellMed MCR $17.20 ↑ +8%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $17.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna MCR $17.20 ↑ +8%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $17.20 ↑ +8%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.54 ↑ +10%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.54 ↑ +10%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $17.54 ↑ +10%
United MCR $17.54 ↑ +10%
Sunshine State MCR $18.06 ↑ +13%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $18.06 ↑ +13%
WellCare MCR $18.06 ↑ +13%
American Health Plan MCR $18.23 ↑ +14%
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.40 ↑ +15%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $18.40 ↑ +15%
Align Senior Care MCR $18.40 ↑ +15%
SECUR MGMCR $18.58 ↑ +16%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $18.75 ↑ +17%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.92 ↑ +18%
Centurion LOGOV $18.92 ↑ +18%
Clear Spring Health MCR $18.92 ↑ +18%
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.42 ↑ +53%
Oscar HIX $26.49 ↑ +66%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $42.88 ↑ +168%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $42.88 ↑ +168%
Prime Health WorkersComp $43.79 ↑ +174%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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