Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue 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

$720.34

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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.

$720.34

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.

$33.86 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $662.71 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 $33.86 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $51.86 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $51.86 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $56.19 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $56.19 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $56.19 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $56.19 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $57.63 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $105.89 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $108.05 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $118.14 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare MCR $122.46 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $136.86 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -79%
AvMed HMOFI $158.47 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $165.68 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $180.09 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $183.69 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $194.49 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $201.70 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $201.70 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $216.10 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↓ -61%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↓ -61%
BeHealthy America MCR $280.93 ↓ -61%
Prime Health WorkersComp $284.64 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $324.15 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $360.17 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $360.17 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $360.17 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $432.20 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $540.25 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $612.29 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $612.29 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $612.29 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $662.71 ↓ -8%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $479.09 $169.02 – $296.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $455.16 not published
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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $938.29 $177.91 – $394.97
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $159.00 $169.02 – $388.65
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $734.89 $177.91 – $324.87
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