Cell marker study 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

$36.66

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.

$36.66

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.

$1.72 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $160.23 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 $1.72 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2.64 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2.64 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.86 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.86 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.86 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.86 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $2.93 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.66 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $5.50 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $5.65 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $6.01 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $6.97 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $8.07 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $8.43 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $9.16 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $9.35 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $9.90 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $10.26 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $10.26 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $11.00 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $16.50 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $18.33 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $18.33 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $18.33 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $22.00 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $27.49 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $29.33 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $31.16 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $31.16 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $31.16 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $33.73 ↓ -8%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↑ +36%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↑ +328%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↑ +328%
Prime Health WorkersComp $160.23 ↑ +337%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $612.08 not published
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $134.00 $49.76 – $160.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $54.42 – $120.81
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $91.00 $49.76 – $157.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $332.79 $54.42 – $99.37
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martin north hospital Stuart $415.35 $12.13 – $221.05
indian river hospital Vero Beach $415.35 $11.52 – $511.20

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