Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

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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.

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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.

$161.50 with CorVel Corporation vs $4,797.34 with Evolutions Healthcare Systems — 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $161.50
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $161.50
Prime Health WorkersComp $164.90
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $245.08
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $375.44
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $375.44
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $406.73
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $406.73
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $406.73
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $406.73
AvMed HIX $417.16
Simply Healthcare HIX $662.24
Oscar HIX $782.17
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $803.03
United OptionsPPO $855.18
Cigna HMO $938.61
Cigna PPO $938.61
Molina MGMCR $990.75
AvMed HMOFI $1,147.19
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1,199.34
AvMed ASOEO $1,303.63
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,329.70
Molina HIX $1,407.91
Humana PPO $1,460.06
Humana HMO $1,460.06
Aetna ASA $1,564.35
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,346.53
Beacon Health Options COMM $2,607.25
Plotkin Health COMM $2,607.25
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,607.25
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $3,128.70
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $3,910.88
Evernorth BHCOMM $4,171.60
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4,432.32
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $4,432.32
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $4,432.32
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $4,797.34
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,310.93 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $3,310.93 $249.17 – $553.15
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $6,346.88 $161.50 – $164.90
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,790.96 $236.71 – $415.86
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $6,921.03 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,889.00 $236.71 – $532.20
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,101.78 $236.71 – $544.31
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,695.84 $249.17 – $454.98

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