Aluminum - quest at HCA FLORIDA BLAKE HOSPITAL

2020 59TH STREET WEST, BRADENTON, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1114964244

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$19.23

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.

$19.23

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.

$0.90 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $39.24 with Oscar — 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 $0.90 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.38 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.38 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.50 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.50 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.50 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.50 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.54 ↓ -92%
United OptionsPPO $3.15 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare MCR $3.27 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $3.65 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $4.23 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $4.42 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $4.81 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.90 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $5.19 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $5.38 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $5.38 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $5.77 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $7.50 ↓ -61%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $7.80 ↓ -59%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.80 ↓ -59%
Prime Health WorkersComp $7.96 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $8.65 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $9.62 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $9.62 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $9.62 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $11.54 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $14.42 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $16.35 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $16.35 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $16.35 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $17.69 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $23.10 ↑ +20%
CareSource Tricare $23.81 ↑ +24%
WellMed MCR $25.48 ↑ +33%
United MGMCD $25.48 ↑ +33%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↑ +33%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $25.48 ↑ +33%
United VA CCN FED $25.48 ↑ +33%
Aetna MCR $25.48 ↑ +33%
Devoted Health MCR $25.48 ↑ +33%
United MCR $25.99 ↑ +35%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $25.99 ↑ +35%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.99 ↑ +35%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $25.99 ↑ +35%
WellCare MCR $26.75 ↑ +39%
Sunshine State MCR $26.75 ↑ +39%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $26.75 ↑ +39%
American Health Plan MCR $27.01 ↑ +40%
Align Senior Care MCR $27.26 ↑ +42%
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.26 ↑ +42%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $27.26 ↑ +42%
SECUR MGMCR $27.52 ↑ +43%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $27.77 ↑ +44%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $28.03 ↑ +46%
Clear Spring Health MCR $28.03 ↑ +46%
Centurion LOGOV $28.03 ↑ +46%
CarePlus MGMCR $29.05 ↑ +51%
Simply Healthcare HIX $36.18 ↑ +88%
Oscar HIX $39.24 ↑ +104%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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