Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
901 US Hwy 41 Bypass S, VENICE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1003862053
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Cash price 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 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.
$0.06 with Humana vs $198.72 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | TRICARE | $0.06 | — |
| CareSource | Tricare | $0.06 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.11 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $14.90 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $15.77 | — |
| Truli | BSL | $18.36 | — |
| BCBS | MBN | $19.01 | — |
| BCBS | SBN | $19.01 | — |
| BCBS | BSL | $19.01 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $24.84 | — |
| Truli | PPO | $26.14 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $27.22 | — |
| BCBS | NWB | $27.22 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $33.26 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $35.42 | — |
| BCBS | PHS | $43.85 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $64.80 | — |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $84.24 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $97.20 | — |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $108.00 | — |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $108.00 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $108.00 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $118.80 | — |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $162.00 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $172.80 | — |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $172.80 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $172.80 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $183.60 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $198.72 | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,272.89 | not published |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,215.71 | not published |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $1,011.19 | not published |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $683.48 | not published |
| HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL | PALM BEACH GARDENS | $400.00 | $0.06 – $0.08 |
| HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL | LEHIGH ACRES | $40.70 | $0.06 – $0.11 |
| HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL | Sebring | $67.00 | $0.08 – $0.08 |
| HCA FLORIDA LAKE CITY HOSPITAL | LIVE OAK | $51.00 | $0.06 – $0.08 |