Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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

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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.

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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.

$100.90 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $1,975.15 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 $100.90
Aetna MCR $148.14
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $154.58
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $154.58
BCBS MGMCRHMO $156.72
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $167.46
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $167.46
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $167.46
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $167.46
AvMed HIX $171.75
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $330.62
United OptionsPPO $352.09
Molina MGMCR $407.91
AvMed HMOFI $472.32
AvMed ASOEO $536.73
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $547.46
Molina HIX $579.66
Humana PPO $601.13
Humana HMO $601.13
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $618.93
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $618.93
Prime Health WorkersComp $631.96
Aetna ASA $644.07
BeHealthy America MCR $837.29
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $966.11
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $1,073.45
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,073.45
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,073.45
Plotkin Health COMM $1,073.45
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,180.80
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,610.17
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,717.52
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,717.52
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,717.52
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,824.87
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,975.15
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $891.66 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $756.61 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $876.27 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,918.06 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $642.56 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,021.52 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $302.25 $12.93 – $283.05
martin north hospital Stuart $216.45 $11.57 – $166.50

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