Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at HCA FLORIDA BLAKE HOSPITAL
2020 59TH STREET WEST, BRADENTON, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1114964244
$50.50
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.
$50.50
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.
$0.23 with Humana vs $46.46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | TRICARE | $0.23 | ↓ -100% |
| CareSource | Tricare | $0.24 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.30 | ↓ -99% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $2.37 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | MCR | $3.48 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $3.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $3.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $3.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $3.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $3.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $3.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $3.94 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $4.04 | ↓ -92% |
| Truli | BSL | $5.50 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | MBN | $5.71 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BSL | $5.71 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | SBN | $5.71 | ↓ -89% |
| Truli | PPO | $6.92 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | HMO | $7.07 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | NWB | $7.17 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | PPO | $7.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $7.42 | ↓ -85% |
| Oscar | HIX | $7.58 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $8.28 | ↓ -84% |
| Simply Healthcare | MCR | $8.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | HMO | $8.79 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $8.79 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $9.60 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | PHS | $10.66 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $11.11 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $11.62 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $12.63 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $12.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $13.63 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $14.14 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | PPO | $14.14 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $15.15 | ↓ -70% |
| BeHealthy America | MCR | $19.70 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $22.73 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $25.25 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $25.25 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthcare Sarasota | COMM | $25.25 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $30.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $37.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $42.92 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $42.92 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $42.92 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $46.46 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $4.49 | $0.12 – $0.63 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $4.49 | $0.15 – $0.56 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $4.49 | $0.17 – $0.59 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $22.75 | $0.52 – $2.70 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $22.75 | $0.85 – $2.70 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $19.19 | $1.91 – $6.34 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $22.75 | $0.53 – $2.70 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $22.75 | $0.52 – $2.70 |