Homovanillic acid (hva) 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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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.

$0.94 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $76.63 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 $0.94 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.44 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.44 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.56 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.56 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.56 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.56 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.60 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3.08 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $3.28 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $4.40 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $4.60 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $5.00 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5.10 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $5.40 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $5.60 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $5.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $6.00 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $7.80 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $9.00 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $10.00 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $10.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $10.00 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $10.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $11.00 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $15.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $16.00 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $16.00 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $16.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $17.00 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $18.40 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $20.31 ↑ +2%
CareSource Tricare $20.94 ↑ +5%
United VA CCN FED $22.41 ↑ +12%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.41 ↑ +12%
United MGMCD $22.41 ↑ +12%
WellMed MCR $22.41 ↑ +12%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $22.41 ↑ +12%
Aetna MCR $22.41 ↑ +12%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $22.41 ↑ +12%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $22.86 ↑ +14%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.86 ↑ +14%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $22.86 ↑ +14%
United MCR $22.86 ↑ +14%
Sunshine State MCR $23.53 ↑ +18%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $23.53 ↑ +18%
WellCare MCR $23.53 ↑ +18%
American Health Plan MCR $23.75 ↑ +19%
Florida Complete Care MCR $23.98 ↑ +20%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $23.98 ↑ +20%
Align Senior Care MCR $23.98 ↑ +20%
SECUR MGMCR $24.20 ↑ +21%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $24.43 ↑ +22%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $24.65 ↑ +23%
Centurion LOGOV $24.65 ↑ +23%
Clear Spring Health MCR $24.65 ↑ +23%
Simply Healthcare HIX $31.82 ↑ +59%
Oscar HIX $34.51 ↑ +73%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +275%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +275%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↑ +283%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $23.22 $21.29 – $37.40
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $345.90 $22.41 – $49.75
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $15.00 $17.93 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $149.14 $22.41 – $40.92
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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $29.25 $6.93 – $40.50
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $29.25 $6.93 – $40.50

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