Compatibility test incubate 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

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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.

$26.94 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $527.40 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 $26.94
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $41.27
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $41.27
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $44.71
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $44.71
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $44.71
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $44.71
AvMed HIX $45.86
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $51.66
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $51.66
Prime Health WorkersComp $52.75
Truli BSL $62.49
BCBS SBN $64.78
BCBS MBN $64.78
BCBS BSL $64.78
Truli PPO $78.54
BCBS HMO $80.26
BCBS PPO $81.40
BCBS NWB $81.40
Simply Healthcare HIX $84.27
Oscar HIX $85.99
United OptionsPPO $94.01
Simply Healthcare MCR $97.45
Cigna HMO $99.75
Cigna PPO $99.75
Molina MGMCR $108.92
BCBS PHS $120.96
AvMed HMOFI $126.12
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $131.85
AvMed ASOEO $143.31
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $146.18
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
Molina HIX $154.78
Humana PPO $160.51
Humana HMO $160.51
Aetna ASA $171.98
BeHealthy America MCR $223.57
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $257.97
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $286.63
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $286.63
Plotkin Health COMM $286.63
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $343.96
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $429.94
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $487.27
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $487.27
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $487.27
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $527.40
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Compatibility test incubate at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,101.73 $177.91 – $324.87
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $251.55 $46.62 – $195.71
martin north hospital Stuart $251.55 $47.83 – $195.71
indian river hospital Vero Beach $120.90 $39.78 – $195.71
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $74.10 $19.72 – $199.26
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $74.10 $22.91 – $185.03
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $74.10 $19.95 – $199.26
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $74.10 $19.84 – $195.71

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