Strep b assay w/optic 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

$437.77

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.

$437.77

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.

$11.53 with Humana vs $402.75 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
Humana TRICARE $11.53 ↓ -97%
CareSource Tricare $11.89 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.73 ↓ -97%
WellMed MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
United VA CCN FED $12.73 ↓ -97%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $12.73 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $12.73 ↓ -97%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $12.98 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.98 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.98 ↓ -97%
United MCR $12.98 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCR $13.37 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.37 ↓ -97%
Sunshine State MCR $13.37 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MCR $13.49 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $13.62 ↓ -97%
Align Senior Care MCR $13.62 ↓ -97%
Florida Complete Care MCR $13.62 ↓ -97%
SECUR MGMCR $13.75 ↓ -97%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $13.88 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.00 ↓ -97%
Clear Spring Health MCR $14.00 ↓ -97%
Centurion LOGOV $14.00 ↓ -97%
CarePlus MGMCR $14.51 ↓ -97%
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.08 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $19.60 ↓ -96%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $20.58 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $31.52 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $31.52 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $34.15 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $34.15 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $34.15 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $34.15 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $35.02 ↓ -92%
United OptionsPPO $71.79 ↓ -84%
Simply Healthcare MCR $74.42 ↓ -83%
Molina MGMCR $83.18 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $96.31 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $100.69 ↓ -77%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $102.34 ↓ -77%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $102.34 ↓ -77%
Prime Health WorkersComp $104.50 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $109.44 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $111.63 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $118.20 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $122.58 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $122.58 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $131.33 ↓ -70%
BeHealthy America MCR $170.73 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $197.00 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Sarasota COMM $218.88 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $218.88 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $218.88 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $262.66 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $328.33 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $372.10 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $372.10 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $372.10 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $402.75 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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