Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$617.41

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.

$617.41

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.

$29.02 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $568.02 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 $29.02 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $44.45 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $44.45 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $48.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $48.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $48.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $48.16 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $49.39 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $78.41 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $92.61 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $95.08 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $101.26 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $117.31 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $135.48 ↓ -78%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $135.48 ↓ -78%
AvMed HMOFI $135.83 ↓ -78%
Prime Health WorkersComp $138.33 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $142.00 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $154.35 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $157.44 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $166.70 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $172.87 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $172.87 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $185.22 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $277.83 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $308.70 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $308.70 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $308.70 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $370.45 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $463.06 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $493.93 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $524.80 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $524.80 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $524.80 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $568.02 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $531.02 $177.91 – $394.97
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $498.15 $177.91 – $394.97
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $625.31 $135.48 – $149.16
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $372.42 $169.02 – $296.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $497.27 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $363.32 $169.02 – $380.01
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $319.22 $169.02 – $388.65
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,101.73 $177.91 – $324.87

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