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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.
$5.28 with Humana vs $547.36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | TRICARE | $5.28 | — |
| CareSource | Tricare | $5.44 | — |
| United VA CCN | FED | $5.82 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.82 | — |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MCR | $5.82 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $5.82 | — |
| United Behavioral Health | VACNN | $5.82 | — |
| WellMed | MCR | $5.82 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.82 | — |
| United | MCR | $5.94 | — |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $5.94 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $5.94 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.94 | — |
| HUMANA | MGMCRPPO | $6.11 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $6.11 | — |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $6.11 | — |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $6.17 | — |
| Align Senior Care | MCR | $6.23 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCR | $6.23 | — |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $6.23 | — |
| SECUR | MGMCR | $6.29 | — |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | Medicare | $6.34 | — |
| HUMANA | MGMCRHMO | $6.40 | — |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $6.40 | — |
| Centurion | LOGOV | $6.40 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $8.26 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $8.96 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $27.96 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $42.84 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $42.84 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $46.41 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $46.41 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $46.41 | — |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $46.41 | — |
| AvMed | HIX | $47.60 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $53.61 | — |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $53.61 | — |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $54.74 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $91.62 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $97.57 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $113.04 | — |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $130.89 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $136.84 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $148.74 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $151.71 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $160.64 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $166.59 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $166.59 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $178.49 | — |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $232.03 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $267.73 | — |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $297.48 | — |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $297.48 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $297.48 | — |
| Healthcare Sarasota | COMM | $297.48 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $327.23 | — |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $446.22 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $475.97 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $475.97 | — |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $475.97 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $505.72 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $547.36 | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $256.25 | $5.53 – $9.71 |
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| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $231.62 | $5.82 – $12.92 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $238.50 | $5.53 – $12.71 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $46.00 | $4.66 – $53.92 |
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