Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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.

$11.51 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $467.22 with United — 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 $11.51
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $17.63
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $17.63
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $19.10
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $19.10
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $19.10
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $19.10
AvMed HIX $19.59
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $35.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.15
Prime Health WorkersComp $35.89
Simply Healthcare HIX $35.99
Aetna QHP $36.24
Oscar HIX $36.73
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $37.71
United OptionsPPO $40.16
Cigna PPO $42.61
Cigna HMO $42.61
Molina MGMCR $46.52
AvMed HMOFI $53.87
Aetna GatedCOMM $55.34
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $55.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $56.32
AvMed ASOEO $61.22
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $62.44
Molina HIX $66.11
Humana PPO $68.56
Humana HMO $68.56
Aetna ASA $73.46
BeHealthy America MCR $95.50
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $110.19
Beacon Health Options COMM $122.43
Plotkin Health COMM $122.43
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $122.43
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $122.43
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $134.67
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $183.65
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $195.89
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $195.89
Evernorth BHCOMM $195.89
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $208.13
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $225.27
United AllPayerAppendix $467.22

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $965.64 $211.02 – $370.72
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,987.82 $222.12 – $493.11
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $976.31 $211.02 – $474.43
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $782.35 $222.12 – $493.11
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $653.73 $211.02 – $485.22
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,092.24 $222.12 – $405.59
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $254.15 $23.75 – $332.35
martin north hospital Stuart $1,181.70 $23.75 – $909.00

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