Pt evaluation high complexity patient/family 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

$1,953.91

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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.

$1,953.91

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.

$84.48 with United vs $1,797.60 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
United MGMCD $84.48 ↓ -96%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $84.48 ↓ -96%
United VA CCN FED $84.48 ↓ -96%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $84.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $84.48 ↓ -96%
WellMed MCR $84.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $86.17 ↓ -96%
United MCR $86.17 ↓ -96%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $86.17 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $86.17 ↓ -96%
Sunshine State MCR $88.70 ↓ -95%
WellCare MCR $88.70 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $88.70 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MCR $89.55 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $90.25 ↓ -95%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $90.25 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $90.39 ↓ -95%
Florida Complete Care MCR $90.39 ↓ -95%
Align Senior Care MCR $90.39 ↓ -95%
SECUR MGMCR $91.24 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $91.83 ↓ -95%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $92.08 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WorkersComp $92.15 ↓ -95%
Humana TRICARE $92.93 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $92.93 ↓ -95%
Clear Spring Health MCR $92.93 ↓ -95%
Centurion LOGOV $92.93 ↓ -95%
CareSource Tricare $95.80 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $140.68 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $140.68 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $152.40 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $152.40 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $152.40 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $152.40 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $156.31 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $287.22 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $293.09 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $300.90 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $320.44 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $339.98 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $339.98 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $371.24 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $429.86 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $449.40 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $488.48 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $498.25 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $527.56 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $547.09 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $547.09 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $586.17 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $762.02 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $879.26 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $976.96 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $976.96 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $976.96 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $976.96 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,074.65 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,465.43 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,563.13 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,563.13 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,563.13 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,660.82 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,797.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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