Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$4.32 with Humana vs $348.99 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
Humana TRICARE $4.32
CareSource Tricare $4.45
United VA CCN FED $4.76
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $4.76
United MGMCD $4.76
United Behavioral Health VACNN $4.76
WellMed MCR $4.76
Aetna MCR $4.76
United MCR $4.86
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.86
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.86
BCBS MCRPPO $4.86
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.00
WellCare MCR $5.00
Sunshine State MCR $5.00
American Health Plan MCR $5.05
Align Senior Care MCR $5.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $5.09
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.09
SECUR MGMCR $5.14
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $5.19
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.24
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.24
Centurion LOGOV $5.24
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.76
Oscar HIX $7.33
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $17.83
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $27.31
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $27.31
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $29.59
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $29.59
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $29.59
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $29.59
AvMed HIX $30.35
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $45.81
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $45.81
Prime Health WorkersComp $46.77
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $58.42
United OptionsPPO $62.21
Molina MGMCR $72.07
AvMed HMOFI $83.45
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $87.25
AvMed ASOEO $94.83
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $96.73
Molina HIX $102.42
Humana HMO $106.22
Humana PPO $106.22
Aetna ASA $113.80
BeHealthy America MCR $147.94
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $170.70
Beacon Health Options COMM $189.67
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $189.67
Plotkin Health COMM $189.67
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $189.67
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $208.64
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $284.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $303.47
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $303.47
Evernorth BHCOMM $303.47
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $322.44
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $348.99
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $110.26 $4.52 – $7.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $307.01 $4.76 – $10.57
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $110.26 $4.52 – $10.17
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $199.63 $4.76 – $10.57
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $94.51 $4.52 – $10.40
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $35.70 $4.76 – $8.69
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $36.40 $2.00 – $29.75
martin north hospital Stuart $69.55 $2.73 – $42.00

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