Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$185.09

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.

$185.09

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.

$8.70 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $170.28 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $8.70 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $13.33 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $13.33 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $14.44 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $14.44 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $14.44 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $14.44 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $14.81 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $23.51 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $27.76 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $28.50 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $30.35 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $35.17 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $40.72 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $42.57 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $46.27 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $47.20 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $49.97 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $51.83 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $51.83 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $55.53 ↓ -70%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $69.21 ↓ -63%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $69.21 ↓ -63%
Prime Health WorkersComp $70.66 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $83.29 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $92.55 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $92.55 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $92.55 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $111.05 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $138.82 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $148.07 ↓ -20%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -19%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $157.33 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $157.33 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $157.33 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $170.28 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $531.02 $177.91 – $394.97
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $498.15 $177.91 – $394.97
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