Aluminum - quest 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

$20.96

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.

$20.96

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.

$0.99 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $36.95 with Solis Health Plan — 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 $0.99 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.51 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.51 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.63 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.63 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.63 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.63 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.68 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3.23 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $3.44 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $3.98 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $4.61 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $4.82 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $5.24 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5.34 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $5.66 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $5.87 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $5.87 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $6.29 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.80 ↓ -63%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $7.80 ↓ -63%
Prime Health WorkersComp $7.96 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $9.43 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $10.48 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $10.48 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $10.48 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $12.58 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $15.72 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $16.77 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $17.82 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $17.82 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $17.82 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $19.28 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $23.10 ↑ +10%
CareSource Tricare $23.81 ↑ +14%
Aetna MCR $25.48 ↑ +22%
Devoted Health MCR $25.48 ↑ +22%
United VA CCN FED $25.48 ↑ +22%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $25.48 ↑ +22%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $25.48 ↑ +22%
LifePath Hospice COMM $25.48 ↑ +22%
WellMed MCR $25.48 ↑ +22%
United MGMCD $25.48 ↑ +22%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↑ +22%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $25.99 ↑ +24%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $25.99 ↑ +24%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.99 ↑ +24%
United MCR $25.99 ↑ +24%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $26.75 ↑ +28%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $26.75 ↑ +28%
Sunshine State MCR $26.75 ↑ +28%
WellCare MCR $26.75 ↑ +28%
American Health Plan MCR $27.01 ↑ +29%
Align Senior Care MCR $27.26 ↑ +30%
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.26 ↑ +30%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $27.26 ↑ +30%
SECUR MGMCR $27.52 ↑ +31%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $27.77 ↑ +32%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $28.03 ↑ +34%
Centurion LOGOV $28.03 ↑ +34%
Clear Spring Health MCR $28.03 ↑ +34%
CarePlus MGMCR $29.05 ↑ +39%
Simply Healthcare HIX $30.07 ↑ +43%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $30.58 ↑ +46%
Oscar HIX $34.65 ↑ +65%
Solis Health Plan MCR $36.95 ↑ +76%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $393.29 $25.48 – $56.57
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $393.29 $25.48 – $56.57
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Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $17.39 $24.21 – $42.53
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $17.68 $24.21 – $54.42
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