CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) 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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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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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.

$401.74 with United vs $11,539.54 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

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
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $589.52
AvMed HIX $738.00
Aetna QHP $848.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $903.09
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $903.09
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $978.35
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $978.35
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $978.35
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $978.35
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,404.00
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,404.00
AvMed HMOFI $1,696.00
AvMed ASOEO $1,863.00
United OptionsPPO $2,057.05
Simply Healthcare MCR $2,132.31
Molina MGMCR $2,383.17
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,751.58
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,751.58
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,809.51
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,198.46
Molina HIX $3,386.60
Aetna ASA $3,762.89
BeHealthy America MCR $4,891.76
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $5,644.34
Plotkin Health COMM $6,271.49
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $6,271.49
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $7,525.79
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $9,407.24
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $10,661.53
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $10,661.53
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $10,661.53
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $11,539.54

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CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $4,087.84 $174.01 – $437.27
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,789.66 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,969.05 $174.01 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $7,902.23 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,347.99 $174.01 – $570.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $6,604.20 $183.17 – $347.52
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,329.25 $48.44 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $43.34 – $767.50

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