Knee X-ray (3 views, both knees) 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$135.00 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $2,642.52 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $135.00 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $206.81 —
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $224.04 —
Optimum Healthcare PPO $224.04 —
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $224.04 —
AvMed HIX $229.78 —
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $442.33 —
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $442.51 —
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $442.51 —
Prime Health WorkersComp $451.83 —
United OptionsPPO $456.70 —
Molina MGMCR $545.74 —
AvMed HMOFI $660.63 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $660.63 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $732.44 —
AvMed ASOEO $775.52 —
Humana PPO $832.97 —
Humana HMO $832.97 —
Aetna ASA $861.69 —
Molina HIX $919.14 —
BeHealthy America MCR $1,120.20 —
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $1,263.81 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,292.54 —
Plotkin Health COMM $1,436.15 —
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,436.15 —
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $1,436.15 —
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,436.15 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,579.77 —
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,154.22 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,297.84 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,297.84 —
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,297.84 —
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,441.46 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,642.52 —

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Knee X-ray (3 views, both knees) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $873.56 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,325.34 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $801.47 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,478.60 $76.59 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $729.30 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,402.00 $80.04 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $545.35 $8.67 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $545.35 $7.76 – $380.00

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