Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$144.95

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.

$144.95

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.

$6.81 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $133.35 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 $6.81 ↓ -95%
Humana TRICARE $8.56 ↓ -94%
CareSource Tricare $8.82 ↓ -94%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $9.44 ↓ -93%
United MGMCD $9.44 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCR $9.44 ↓ -93%
WellMed MCR $9.44 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $9.44 ↓ -93%
United VA CCN FED $9.44 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.63 ↓ -93%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $9.63 ↓ -93%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.63 ↓ -93%
United MCR $9.63 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCR $9.91 ↓ -93%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.91 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCR $9.91 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MCR $10.01 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $10.10 ↓ -93%
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.10 ↓ -93%
Align Senior Care MCR $10.10 ↓ -93%
SECUR MGMCR $10.20 ↓ -93%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $10.29 ↓ -93%
Clear Spring Health MCR $10.38 ↓ -93%
Centurion LOGOV $10.38 ↓ -93%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.38 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $10.44 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $10.44 ↓ -93%
CarePlus MGMCR $10.76 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $11.31 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $11.31 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $11.31 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $11.31 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $11.60 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $13.40 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $14.54 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $23.77 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare MCR $24.64 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $27.54 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $31.89 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $33.34 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $36.24 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $36.96 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $39.14 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $40.59 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $40.59 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $43.48 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $56.53 ↓ -61%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $61.41 ↓ -58%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $61.41 ↓ -58%
Prime Health WorkersComp $62.70 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $65.23 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $72.47 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $72.47 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $72.47 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $86.97 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $108.71 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $123.21 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $123.21 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $123.21 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $133.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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