Prealbumin 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.

$13.22 with Humana vs $389.40 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 $13.22
CareSource Tricare $13.63
WellMed MCR $14.59
United VA CCN FED $14.59
United Behavioral Health VACNN $14.59
Aetna MCR $14.59
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $14.59
United AllPayerAppendix $14.59
United MGMCD $14.59
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.88
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.88
United MCR $14.88
BCBS MCRPPO $14.88
WellCare MCR $15.32
Sunshine State MCR $15.32
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $15.32
American Health Plan MCR $15.47
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.61
Align Senior Care MCR $15.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $15.61
SECUR MGMCR $15.76
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $15.90
Centurion LOGOV $16.05
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $16.05
Clear Spring Health MCR $16.05
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $19.89
Simply Healthcare HIX $20.72
Oscar HIX $22.47
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $30.47
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $30.47
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $33.01
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $33.01
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $33.01
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $33.01
AvMed HIX $33.86
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $65.18
United OptionsPPO $69.41
Molina MGMCR $80.42
AvMed HMOFI $93.12
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $97.35
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $103.32
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $103.32
Prime Health WorkersComp $105.50
AvMed ASOEO $105.81
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $107.93
Molina HIX $114.28
Humana HMO $118.51
Humana PPO $118.51
Aetna ASA $126.98
BeHealthy America MCR $165.07
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $190.47
Beacon Health Options COMM $211.63
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $211.63
Plotkin Health COMM $211.63
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $211.63
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $232.79
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $317.44
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $338.61
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $338.61
Evernorth BHCOMM $338.61
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $359.77
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $389.40
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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