CT guidance for needle placement 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

$13,822.99

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.

$13,822.99

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.

$649.68 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $12,717.15 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 $649.68 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $732.62 ↓ -95%
AvMed HIX $738.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHP $913.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $953.79 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $995.26 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $995.26 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,078.19 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,078.19 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,078.19 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,078.19 ↓ -92%
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,404.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,404.00 ↓ -90%
AvMed HMOFI $1,696.00 ↓ -88%
AvMed ASOEO $1,863.00 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,128.74 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2,266.97 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $2,626.37 ↓ -81%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,524.86 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $3,732.21 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $4,146.90 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6,220.35 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $6,911.49 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $6,911.49 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $6,911.49 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $8,293.79 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $10,367.24 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $11,058.39 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $11,749.54 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11,749.54 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $11,749.54 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $12,717.15 ↓ -8%

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CT guidance for needle placement at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,508.26 not published
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $5,508.26 not published
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $913.00 – $913.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $7,813.42 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $11,617.70 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $8,404.99 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,182.94 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,766.35 not published

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