Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$89.18

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.

$89.18

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.

$4.19 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $82.05 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 $4.19 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $6.42 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $6.42 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $6.96 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $6.96 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $6.96 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $6.96 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $7.13 ↓ -92%
Truli BSL $7.58 ↓ -92%
BCBS BSL $7.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $7.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS SBN $7.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $10.26 ↓ -88%
Truli PPO $10.79 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $11.24 ↓ -87%
BCBS NWB $11.24 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $13.11 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHP $13.20 ↓ -85%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.30 ↓ -85%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $13.30 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $13.38 ↓ -85%
Prime Health WorkersComp $13.58 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $13.73 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $14.63 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $15.52 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $15.52 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $16.94 ↓ -81%
BCBS PHS $18.10 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $19.62 ↓ -78%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $20.15 ↓ -77%
Aetna GatedCOMM $20.15 ↓ -77%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $20.51 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $22.30 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $22.74 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $24.08 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $24.97 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $24.97 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $26.75 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $34.78 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $40.13 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $44.59 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $44.59 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $44.59 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $44.59 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $49.05 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $66.89 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $71.34 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $71.34 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $71.34 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $75.80 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $82.05 ↓ -8%

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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $45.48 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $86.09 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $64.26 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $120.17 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $94.05 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $204.34 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $72.15 $7.33 – $94.35
martin north hospital Stuart $72.15 $8.77 – $72.00

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