CT lwr extremity w/o&w/dye 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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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.

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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.

$401.74 with United vs $21,363.30 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
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
AvMed HIX $738.00
Aetna QHP $913.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $1,091.39
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,404.00
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,404.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,671.91
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,671.91
AvMed HMOFI $1,696.00
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,811.24
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,811.24
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,811.24
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,811.24
AvMed ASOEO $1,863.00
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3,576.03
United OptionsPPO $3,808.24
Molina MGMCR $4,411.99
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4,942.71
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $4,942.71
Prime Health WorkersComp $5,046.76
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5,921.35
Molina HIX $6,269.66
Aetna ASA $6,966.29
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $10,449.44
Beacon Health Options COMM $11,610.49
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $11,610.49
Plotkin Health COMM $11,610.49
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $13,932.59
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $17,415.74
Evernorth BHCOMM $18,576.78
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $19,737.83
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $19,737.83
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $19,737.83
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $21,363.30

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CT lwr extremity w/o&w/dye at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $9,027.48 $183.17 – $429.66
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $9,027.48 $183.17 – $429.66
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $401.74 – $5,046.76
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $7,517.87 $174.01 – $492.42
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $9,676.14 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,518.00 $174.01 – $669.56
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,524.35 $174.01 – $642.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,966.89 $183.17 – $391.35

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