Contrast x-ray of ankle 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

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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.

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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.

$273.86 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $5,360.62 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

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 $273.86
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $419.53
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $419.53
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $454.49
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $454.49
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $454.49
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $454.49
AvMed HIX $466.14
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $549.24
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $549.24
Prime Health WorkersComp $560.81
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $897.32
United OptionsPPO $955.59
Molina MGMCR $1,107.08
AvMed HMOFI $1,281.89
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1,340.15
AvMed ASOEO $1,456.69
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,485.82
Molina HIX $1,573.23
Humana PPO $1,631.49
Humana HMO $1,631.49
Aetna ASA $1,748.03
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,622.04
Beacon Health Options COMM $2,913.38
Plotkin Health COMM $2,913.38
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,913.38
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $3,496.06
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $4,370.07
Evernorth BHCOMM $4,661.41
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4,952.75
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $4,952.75
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $4,952.75
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $5,360.62
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 of ankle at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $3,981.54 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $364.32 – $808.79
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $549.24 – $828.27
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $781.01 $346.11 – $1,140.93
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,142.40 $24.16 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $21.62 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $140.40 $22.44 – $400.75
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $612.30 $73.69 – $847.80

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