Ultrasound encephalogram at HCA FLORIDA SARASOTA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
901 US Hwy 41 Bypass S, VENICE, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1003862053
$2,012.47
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.
$2,012.47
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.
$94.59 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $1,851.47 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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| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $94.59 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $144.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $144.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $156.97 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $156.97 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $156.97 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $156.97 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $161.00 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -88% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $309.92 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $330.05 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $382.37 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $442.74 | ↓ -78% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $503.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $513.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $543.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $563.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | HMO | $563.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $603.74 | ↓ -70% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $721.28 | ↓ -64% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $721.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $736.46 | ↓ -63% |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $784.86 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $905.61 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $1,006.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $1,006.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $1,006.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthcare Sarasota | COMM | $1,006.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $1,106.86 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $1,509.35 | ↓ -25% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $1,609.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $1,609.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $1,609.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,710.60 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $1,851.47 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,487.83 | $103.72 – $236.32 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $2,559.22 | $109.17 – $242.37 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,628.80 | $103.72 – $321.33 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,872.60 | $109.17 – $242.37 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $1,425.47 | $109.17 – $199.35 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $760.50 | $26.42 – $780.30 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $596.70 | $23.64 – $459.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $596.70 | $24.48 – $734.40 |