Tc-99m medronate 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

$1,261.79

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.

$1,261.79

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.

$59.30 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $1,160.85 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 $59.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $87.06 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $90.85 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $90.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $92.11 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $98.42 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $98.42 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $98.42 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $98.42 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $100.94 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $138.59 ↓ -89%
Simply Healthcare HIX $185.48 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $189.27 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $194.32 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $206.93 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $219.55 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $219.55 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $239.74 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $277.59 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $290.21 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $315.45 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $321.76 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $340.68 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $353.30 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $353.30 ↓ -72%
BeHealthy America MCR $492.10 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $567.81 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $630.89 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $630.89 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $630.89 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $630.89 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $693.98 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $946.34 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,009.43 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,009.43 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,009.43 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,072.52 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,160.85 ↓ -8%

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