Injection glatiramer acetate 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.

$557.45 with United vs $22,678.00 with Evolutions Healthcare Systems — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $557.45
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $1,158.55
Aetna MCR $1,700.85
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,774.80
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,774.80
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1,799.45
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,922.70
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,922.70
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,922.70
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,922.70
AvMed HIX $1,972.00
Truli BSL $2,095.25
BCBS SBN $2,169.20
BCBS BSL $2,169.20
BCBS MBN $2,169.20
BCBS HMO $2,834.75
Truli PPO $2,982.65
BCBS PPO $3,105.90
BCBS NWB $3,105.90
Simply Healthcare HIX $3,623.55
Oscar HIX $3,697.50
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3,796.10
United OptionsPPO $4,042.60
Cigna HMO $4,289.10
Cigna PPO $4,289.10
Molina MGMCR $4,683.50
BCBS PHS $5,003.95
AvMed HMOFI $5,423.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $5,669.50
AvMed ASOEO $6,162.50
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6,285.75
Molina HIX $6,655.50
Humana PPO $6,902.00
Humana HMO $6,902.00
Aetna ASA $7,395.00
BeHealthy America MCR $9,613.50
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $11,092.50
Plotkin Health COMM $12,325.00
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $12,325.00
Beacon Health Options COMM $12,325.00
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $12,325.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $13,557.50
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $18,487.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $19,720.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $19,720.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $19,720.00
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $20,952.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $22,678.00
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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