Heparin bolus from bag at HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
901 US Hwy 41 Bypass S, VENICE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1003862053
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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.
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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.
$0.01 with BCBS vs $43.41 with Healthcare Sarasota — 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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| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $0.01 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $0.01 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $0.02 | — |
| Truli | BSL | $0.02 | — |
| BCBS | SBN | $0.02 | — |
| Truli | PPO | $0.02 | — |
| BCBS | MBN | $0.02 | — |
| BCBS | BSL | $0.02 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $0.03 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.03 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $0.03 | — |
| BCBS | NWB | $0.03 | — |
| BCBS | PHS | $0.04 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $0.06 | — |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $0.08 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $0.09 | — |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $0.10 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $0.10 | — |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $0.10 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $0.11 | — |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $0.15 | — |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $0.16 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $0.16 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $0.16 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $0.17 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $0.18 | — |
| Humana | TRICARE | $0.21 | — |
| CareSource | Tricare | $0.22 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.39 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $4.08 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $6.25 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $6.25 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $6.77 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $6.77 | — |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $6.77 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $6.77 | — |
| AvMed | HIX | $6.95 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $12.76 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $13.02 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $15.11 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $15.11 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $16.50 | — |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $19.10 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $19.97 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $21.71 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $22.14 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $23.44 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $24.31 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $24.31 | — |
| Healthcare Sarasota | COMM | $43.41 | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
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Heparin bolus from bag at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $115.18 | not published |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $467.56 | not published |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $115.38 | not published |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $179.26 | not published |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $140.43 | not published |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $417.38 | not published |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) | Jacksonville | $243.09 | $0.27 – $0.30 |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) | Pensacola | $14.97 | $0.30 – $0.67 |