Autopsy (necropsy) complete 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

$218.00

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.

$218.00

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.

$10.25 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $210.41 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 $10.25 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.55 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $15.04 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $15.70 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $15.70 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $17.00 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $17.00 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $17.00 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $17.00 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $17.44 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $27.69 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $32.70 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $33.57 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $35.75 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $41.42 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $47.96 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $50.14 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $54.50 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $55.59 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $58.86 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $61.04 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $61.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $65.40 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $98.10 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $109.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $109.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $109.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $130.80 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $163.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $174.40 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $185.30 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $185.30 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $185.30 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $200.56 ↓ -8%
United AllPayerAppendix $210.41 ↓ -3%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Autopsy (necropsy) complete at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $210.41 – $210.41
HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL NORTH $4,500.00 $210.41 – $210.41
HCA FLORIDA PASADENA HOSPITAL South Pasadena $4,500.00 $210.41 – $210.41
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $210.41 – $210.41
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston not published $92.91 – $117.36
martin north hospital Stuart not published $97.80 – $207.15
indian river hospital Vero Beach not published $92.91 – $117.36
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