X-ray exam of arm infant 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.

$134.25 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $2,627.82 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 $134.25
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $205.66
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $205.66
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $222.79
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $222.79
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $222.79
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $222.79
AvMed HIX $228.51
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $435.69
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $435.69
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $439.87
Prime Health WorkersComp $444.86
United OptionsPPO $468.44
Molina MGMCR $542.70
AvMed HMOFI $628.39
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $656.96
AvMed ASOEO $714.08
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $728.36
Molina HIX $771.21
Humana PPO $799.77
Humana HMO $799.77
Aetna ASA $856.90
BeHealthy America MCR $1,113.97
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,285.35
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $1,428.16
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,428.16
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,428.16
Plotkin Health COMM $1,428.16
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,570.98
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,142.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,285.06
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,285.06
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,285.06
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,427.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,627.82
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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X-ray exam of arm infant at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $781.00 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,587.24 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $739.73 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $837.89 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $751.65 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,286.38 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $638.30 $6.68 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $596.70 $5.97 – $459.00

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