Intracranial limited study 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

$3,411.35

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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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$3,411.35

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.

$111.15 with Rockport Healthcare Group vs $3,138.44 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
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $111.15 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $111.15 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WorkersComp $113.49 ↓ -97%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $160.33 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $245.62 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $245.62 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $266.09 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $266.09 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $266.09 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $266.09 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $272.91 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $501.47 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $511.70 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $525.35 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $559.46 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $593.57 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $593.57 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $648.16 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $750.50 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $784.61 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $852.84 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $869.89 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $921.06 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $955.18 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $955.18 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,023.40 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $1,330.43 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,535.11 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,705.67 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,705.67 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,705.67 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $1,705.67 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,876.24 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,558.51 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,729.08 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,729.08 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,729.08 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,899.65 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,138.44 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Intracranial limited study at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,344.82 $109.17 – $242.37
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,025.00 $111.15 – $113.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $492.14 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $705.25 $26.43 – $649.40
martin north hospital Stuart $496.60 $69.84 – $382.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $496.60 $66.35 – $611.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $775.45 $69.11 – $1,073.70
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $775.45 $69.11 – $1,073.70

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