Amino acid screen, urine 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

$13.08

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.

$13.08

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.

$0.61 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $2,360.66 with Prime Health — 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 $0.61 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.94 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.94 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.02 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.02 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.02 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.02 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.05 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.01 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2.15 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $2.49 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $2.88 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.01 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $3.27 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.34 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $3.53 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $3.66 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $3.66 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $3.92 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $5.89 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $6.54 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $6.54 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $6.54 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $7.85 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $9.81 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $10.46 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11.12 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $11.12 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $11.12 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $12.03 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $12.57 ↓ -4%
CareSource Tricare $12.96 ↓ -1%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $13.87 ↑ +6%
Devoted Health MCR $13.87 ↑ +6%
LifePath Hospice COMM $13.87 ↑ +6%
United VA CCN FED $13.87 ↑ +6%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $13.87 ↑ +6%
Aetna MCR $13.87 ↑ +6%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.87 ↑ +6%
WellMed MCR $13.87 ↑ +6%
United MGMCD $13.87 ↑ +6%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.15 ↑ +8%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.15 ↑ +8%
United MCR $14.15 ↑ +8%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.15 ↑ +8%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $14.56 ↑ +11%
Sunshine State MCR $14.56 ↑ +11%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.56 ↑ +11%
WellCare MCR $14.56 ↑ +11%
American Health Plan MCR $14.70 ↑ +12%
Align Senior Care MCR $14.84 ↑ +13%
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.84 ↑ +13%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $14.84 ↑ +13%
SECUR MGMCR $14.98 ↑ +15%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $15.12 ↑ +16%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $15.26 ↑ +17%
Centurion LOGOV $15.26 ↑ +17%
Clear Spring Health MCR $15.26 ↑ +17%
CarePlus MGMCR $15.81 ↑ +21%
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.37 ↑ +25%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $16.64 ↑ +27%
Oscar HIX $18.86 ↑ +44%
Solis Health Plan MCR $20.11 ↑ +54%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,311.99 ↑ +17576%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,311.99 ↑ +17576%
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,360.66 ↑ +17948%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Amino acid screen, urine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $214.08 $13.87 – $30.79
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $13.87 – $30.79
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $12.57 – $2,360.66
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $39.00 $11.10 – $2,325.46
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