Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$480.23

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.

$480.23

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.

$22.57 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $441.81 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 $22.57 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $33.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $34.10 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $34.58 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $34.58 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $37.46 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $37.46 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $37.46 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $37.46 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $38.42 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $70.59 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $72.03 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $78.76 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare MCR $81.64 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $91.24 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $105.65 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $110.45 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $120.06 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $122.46 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $129.66 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $134.46 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $134.46 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $144.07 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $187.29 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $216.10 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $240.12 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $240.12 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $240.12 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↓ -42%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↓ -42%
Prime Health WorkersComp $284.64 ↓ -41%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $288.14 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $360.17 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $408.20 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $408.20 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $408.20 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $441.81 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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