Consultation pathology during surgery 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

$150.95

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.

$150.95

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.

$7.09 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $284.64 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 $7.09 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $10.87 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $10.87 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $11.77 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $11.77 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $11.77 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $11.77 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $12.08 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.17 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $22.64 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $23.25 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $24.76 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $28.68 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $33.21 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $34.72 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $37.74 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $38.49 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $40.76 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $42.27 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $42.27 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $45.28 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $67.93 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $75.47 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $75.47 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $75.47 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $90.57 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $113.21 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $120.76 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $128.31 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $128.31 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $128.31 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $138.87 ↓ -8%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↑ +85%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↑ +85%
Prime Health WorkersComp $284.64 ↑ +89%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $331.57 $61.60 – $136.76
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $331.57 $61.60 – $136.76
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $1,224.74 $33.84 – $284.64
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $244.00 $58.52 – $102.82
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $124.75 $58.52 – $131.58
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $73.17 $58.52 – $134.57
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $305.00 $33.84 – $280.39
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $249.89 $61.60 – $112.49

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