Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL

8951 CYPRESS MANOR DR, TAMPA, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1669427258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$17,681.55

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.

$17,681.55

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.

$401.74 with United vs $16,267.03 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
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -98%
AvMed HIX $738.00 ↓ -96%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $831.03 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHP $913.00 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,273.07 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,273.07 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,379.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,379.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,379.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,379.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,404.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,404.00 ↓ -92%
AvMed HMOFI $1,696.00 ↓ -90%
AvMed ASOEO $1,863.00 ↓ -89%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,722.96 ↓ -85%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,844.18 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,844.18 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $2,899.77 ↓ -84%
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,904.05 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $3,359.49 ↓ -81%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,508.80 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4,774.02 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $5,304.47 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,956.70 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $8,840.77 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $8,840.77 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $8,840.77 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $10,608.93 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $13,261.16 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $14,145.24 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $15,029.32 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $15,029.32 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $15,029.32 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $16,267.03 ↓ -8%

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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $6,848.12 $183.17 – $429.66
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $5,541.51 $183.17 – $429.66
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $14,457.31 $401.74 – $2,904.05
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,916.05 $174.01 – $437.27
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $10,159.63 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $5,723.42 $174.01 – $631.85
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,804.32 $174.01 – $570.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $10,089.10 $183.17 – $347.52

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