Carotene at HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL
8951 CYPRESS MANOR DR, TAMPA, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1669427258
$8.72
Cash price 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.
$8.72
Gross charge 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.
$0.41 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $76.63 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $0.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $0.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $0.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $0.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $0.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $0.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $0.68 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $0.70 | ↓ -92% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $1.34 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $1.66 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $1.92 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $2.01 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2.18 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $2.22 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | HIX | $2.35 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $2.44 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | PPO | $2.44 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2.62 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $3.92 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $4.36 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $4.36 | ↓ -50% |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $4.36 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $5.23 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $6.54 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $6.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $7.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $7.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $7.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $8.02 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $8.36 | ↓ -4% |
| CareSource | Tricare | $8.62 | ↓ -1% |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MCR | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| LifePath Hospice | COMM | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| United VA CCN | FED | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACNN | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | MCR | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| WellMed | MCR | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| United | MGMCD | $9.22 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $9.40 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $9.40 | ↑ +8% |
| United | MCR | $9.40 | ↑ +8% |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $9.40 | ↑ +8% |
| BayCare Health Plans | MCR | $9.68 | ↑ +11% |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $9.68 | ↑ +11% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRPPO | $9.68 | ↑ +11% |
| WellCare | MCR | $9.68 | ↑ +11% |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $9.77 | ↑ +12% |
| Align Senior Care | MCR | $9.87 | ↑ +13% |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $9.87 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCR | $9.87 | ↑ +13% |
| SECUR | MGMCR | $9.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | Medicare | $10.05 | ↑ +15% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRHMO | $10.14 | ↑ +16% |
| Centurion | LOGOV | $10.14 | ↑ +16% |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $10.14 | ↑ +16% |
| CarePlus | MGMCR | $10.51 | ↑ +21% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $10.88 | ↑ +25% |
| Longevity Health Plan | MCR | $11.06 | ↑ +27% |
| Oscar | HIX | $12.54 | ↑ +44% |
| Solis Health Plan | MCR | $13.37 | ↑ +53% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $75.05 | ↑ +761% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $75.05 | ↑ +761% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $76.63 | ↑ +779% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Carotene at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $62.88 | $9.22 – $20.47 |
| Adventhealth Carrollwood | Tampa | $62.88 | $9.22 – $20.47 |
| HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL | Tampa | $212.74 | $8.36 – $76.63 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $35.60 | $8.76 – $20.14 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $10.00 | $7.38 – $75.49 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $61.22 | $9.22 – $16.84 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $9.10 | $2.59 – $14.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $26.00 | $2.73 – $13.58 |