Pt re-evaluation 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

$998.25

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.

$998.25

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.

$46.92 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $918.39 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 $46.92 ↓ -95%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $58.16 ↓ -94%
United VA CCN FED $58.16 ↓ -94%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $58.16 ↓ -94%
WellMed MCR $58.16 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $58.16 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $58.16 ↓ -94%
United MCR $59.32 ↓ -94%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $59.32 ↓ -94%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $59.32 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $59.32 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $61.07 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCR $61.07 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCR $61.07 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MCR $61.65 ↓ -94%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $61.75 ↓ -94%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $61.75 ↓ -94%
Florida Complete Care MCR $62.23 ↓ -94%
Align Senior Care MCR $62.23 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $62.23 ↓ -94%
SECUR MGMCR $62.81 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WorkersComp $63.05 ↓ -94%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $63.39 ↓ -94%
Humana TRICARE $63.78 ↓ -94%
Clear Spring Health MCR $63.97 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $63.97 ↓ -94%
Centurion LOGOV $63.97 ↓ -94%
CareSource Tricare $65.75 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $71.87 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $71.87 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $77.86 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $77.86 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $77.86 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $77.86 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $79.86 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $146.74 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $149.74 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $153.73 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $163.71 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $173.70 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $173.70 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $189.67 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $219.62 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $229.60 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $249.56 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $254.55 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $269.53 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $279.51 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $279.51 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $299.48 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $389.32 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $449.21 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $499.13 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $499.13 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $499.13 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $499.13 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $549.04 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $748.69 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $798.60 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $798.60 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $798.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $848.51 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $918.39 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $300.25 $62.79 – $110.30
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