Contrast x-ray gallbladder 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

$3,550.75

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.

$3,550.75

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.

$166.89 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $3,266.69 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 $166.89 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $255.65 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $255.65 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $276.96 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $276.96 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $276.96 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $276.96 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $284.06 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -89%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $546.82 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $582.32 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $674.64 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $781.16 ↓ -78%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $798.28 ↓ -78%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $798.28 ↓ -78%
Prime Health WorkersComp $815.08 ↓ -77%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $816.67 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $887.69 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $905.44 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $958.70 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $994.21 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $994.21 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,065.22 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,597.84 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,775.38 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,775.38 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,775.38 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2,130.45 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,663.06 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,840.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,018.14 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $3,018.14 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $3,018.14 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,266.69 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,646.31 $136.01 – $429.66
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $1,646.31 $136.01 – $429.66
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $401.74 – $815.08
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,314.27 $167.61 – $305.71
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,243.79 $151.33 – $631.85
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $2,587.00 $401.74 – $802.93
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,089.40 $12.93 – $201.48
martin north hospital Stuart $91.65 $11.56 – $201.48

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