Echo tee guidance at HCA FLORIDA BLAKE HOSPITAL
2020 59TH STREET WEST, BRADENTON, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1114964244
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$249.85 with Rockport Healthcare Group vs $8,901.63 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $249.85 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $249.85 | — |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $255.11 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $454.76 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $667.62 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $686.97 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $696.65 | — |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $696.65 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $754.70 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $754.70 | — |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $754.70 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $754.70 | — |
| AvMed | HIX | $774.05 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $1,422.32 | — |
| Aetna | QHP | $1,432.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,451.35 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,586.81 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | MCR | $1,644.87 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,683.57 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,683.57 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $1,838.38 | — |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $2,128.65 | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | $2,186.70 | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | $2,186.70 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $2,225.41 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,418.92 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $2,612.43 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,902.70 | — |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $3,773.52 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $4,354.06 | — |
| Healthcare Sarasota | COMM | $4,837.84 | — |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $4,837.84 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $4,837.84 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $5,805.41 | — |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $7,256.76 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $8,224.33 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $8,224.33 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $8,224.33 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $8,901.63 | — |
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Echo tee guidance at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $7,446.76 | not published |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $9,177.95 | not published |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $2,046.00 | $249.85 – $255.11 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $5,408.55 | not published |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $3,289.00 | $168.51 – $4,301.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $3,289.00 | $168.51 – $2,530.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $3,289.00 | $119.00 – $4,048.00 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $447.20 | $119.02 – $619.20 |