Echo transesophageal intraop 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

$9,675.68

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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$9,675.68

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.

$454.76 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members 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.

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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 $454.76 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $475.95 ↓ -95%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $475.95 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WorkersComp $485.97 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $696.65 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $696.65 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $754.70 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $754.70 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $754.70 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $754.70 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $774.05 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,422.32 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $1,451.35 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,586.81 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare MCR $1,644.87 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $1,683.57 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $1,683.57 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $1,838.38 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $2,128.65 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2,225.41 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $2,418.92 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,467.30 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2,612.43 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $2,709.19 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $2,709.19 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2,902.70 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $3,773.52 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,354.06 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $4,837.84 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,837.84 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,837.84 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $5,805.41 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $7,256.76 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $8,224.33 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $8,224.33 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8,224.33 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $8,901.63 ↓ -8%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Echo transesophageal intraop at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $4,311.03 $542.08 – $952.35
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,750.94 $570.61 – $1,266.75
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $5,374.00 $475.95 – $485.97
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,176.55 $97.87 – $3,349.85
martin north hospital Stuart $2,561.65 $299.12 – $1,970.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,561.65 $119.00 – $3,152.80
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,351.70 $173.17 – $3,256.20
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $2,351.70 $297.58 – $3,256.20

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