Heparin bolus from bag 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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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.

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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.

$0.21 with Humana vs $32.16 with Healthcare Sarasota — 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 $0.21
CareSource Tricare $0.22
United AllPayerAppendix $0.39
Aetna MCR $0.40
BCBS MGMCRHMO $0.41
Truli BSL $0.63
BCBS BSL $0.66
BCBS SBN $0.66
BCBS MBN $0.66
Truli PPO $0.80
BCBS HMO $0.81
BCBS NWB $0.83
BCBS PPO $0.83
United OptionsPPO $0.95
Simply Healthcare MCR $0.99
BCBS PHS $1.23
Aetna ASA $1.75
BeHealthy America MCR $2.27
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2.62
Plotkin Health COMM $2.91
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2.91
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $3.02
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $3.49
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $4.37
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $4.63
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $4.63
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $4.95
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $4.95
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $5.02
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $5.02
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $5.02
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $5.02
AvMed HIX $5.15
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $5.35
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.46
Oscar HIX $9.65
Cigna HMO $11.19
Cigna PPO $11.19
Molina MGMCR $12.22
AvMed HMOFI $14.15
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $14.79
AvMed ASOEO $16.08
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $16.40
Molina HIX $17.37
Humana PPO $18.01
Humana HMO $18.01
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $32.16
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Heparin bolus from bag at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $115.18 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $467.56 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $115.38 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $179.26 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $140.43 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $417.38 not published
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $243.09 $0.27 – $0.30
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $14.97 $0.30 – $0.67

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