Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$616.39

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.

$616.39

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.

$6.64 with Humana vs $567.08 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
Humana TRICARE $6.64 ↓ -99%
CareSource Tricare $6.85 ↓ -99%
United VA CCN FED $7.33 ↓ -99%
WellMed MCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $7.33 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $7.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.48 ↓ -99%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.48 ↓ -99%
United MCR $7.48 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $7.70 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.70 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $7.70 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $7.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $7.84 ↓ -99%
Align Senior Care MCR $7.84 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.84 ↓ -99%
SECUR MGMCR $7.92 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $7.99 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.06 ↓ -99%
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.06 ↓ -99%
Centurion LOGOV $8.06 ↓ -99%
CarePlus MGMCR $8.36 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.41 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $11.29 ↓ -98%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $28.97 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $44.38 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $44.38 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $48.08 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $48.08 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $48.08 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $48.08 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $49.31 ↓ -92%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $92.60 ↓ -85%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $92.60 ↓ -85%
Prime Health WorkersComp $94.55 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $101.09 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare MCR $104.79 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $117.11 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $135.61 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $141.77 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $154.10 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $157.18 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $166.43 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $172.59 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $172.59 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $184.92 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $240.39 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $277.38 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $308.19 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $308.19 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $308.19 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $369.83 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $462.29 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $523.93 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $523.93 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $523.93 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $567.08 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.41 $6.96 – $12.23
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $217.41 $7.33 – $16.27
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $220.69 $6.96 – $15.66
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $148.96 $7.33 – $16.27
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $186.35 $6.96 – $16.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $54.16 $7.33 – $13.38
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