Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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.

$0.61 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $97.53 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 $0.61
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.94
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.94
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.02
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.02
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.02
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.02
AvMed HIX $1.05
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.01
United OptionsPPO $2.15
Molina MGMCR $2.49
AvMed HMOFI $2.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.01
AvMed ASOEO $3.27
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.34
Molina HIX $3.53
Humana HMO $3.66
Humana PPO $3.66
Aetna ASA $3.92
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $5.89
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $6.54
Plotkin Health COMM $6.54
Beacon Health Options COMM $6.54
Humana TRICARE $7.32
CareSource Tricare $7.55
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $7.85
LifePath Hospice COMM $8.08
United Behavioral Health VACNN $8.08
Aetna MCR $8.08
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08
United MGMCD $8.08
WellMed MCR $8.08
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $8.08
United VA CCN FED $8.08
Devoted Health MCR $8.08
BCBS MCRPPO $8.24
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.24
United MCR $8.24
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.24
BayCare Health Plans MCR $8.48
WellCare MCR $8.48
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.48
Sunshine State MCR $8.48
American Health Plan MCR $8.56
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $8.65
Align Senior Care MCR $8.65
SECUR MGMCR $8.73
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $8.81
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.89
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.89
Centurion LOGOV $8.89
CarePlus MGMCR $9.21
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.53
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.70
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $9.81
Evernorth BHCOMM $10.46
Oscar HIX $10.99
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $11.12
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11.12
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $11.12
Solis Health Plan MCR $11.72
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $12.03
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $95.52
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $95.52
Prime Health WorkersComp $97.53
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $160.98 $8.08 – $17.94
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $160.98 $8.08 – $17.94
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $7.32 – $97.53
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $154.61 $7.68 – $13.49
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $154.61 $8.08 – $17.94
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $154.61 $7.68 – $17.26
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $143.90 $7.68 – $17.65
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $59.08 $8.08 – $14.75

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