Artery x-rays spine 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

$7,354.69

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.

$7,354.69

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.

$345.67 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $10,733.33 with United — 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 $345.67 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $529.54 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $529.54 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $573.67 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $573.67 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $573.67 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $573.67 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $588.38 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1,132.62 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,206.17 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $1,397.39 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1,618.03 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1,691.58 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $1,838.67 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,875.45 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,985.77 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $2,059.31 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $2,059.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2,206.41 ↓ -70%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,265.20 ↓ -69%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,265.20 ↓ -69%
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,312.89 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,309.61 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,677.34 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $3,677.34 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3,677.34 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $4,412.81 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $5,516.02 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $5,883.75 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $6,251.49 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $6,251.49 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,251.49 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $6,766.31 ↓ -8%
United AllPayerAppendix $10,733.33 ↑ +46%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays spine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $46,619.20 $5,810.88 – $12,900.14
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $46,619.20 $5,810.88 – $12,900.14
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $7,330.75 $2,265.20 – $10,733.33
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $11,524.16 $5,520.33 – $9,698.35
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $6,440.61 $5,520.33 – $12,411.45
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $20,013.00 $2,231.43 – $10,733.33
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $21,237.15 $5,810.88 – $10,610.66
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $30,872.40 $89.93 – $39,630.40

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