Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$836.11

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.

$836.11

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.

$24.67 with United vs $769.22 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 $24.67 ↓ -97%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $39.30 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $60.20 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $60.20 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $65.22 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $65.22 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $65.22 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $65.22 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $66.89 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $106.19 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $125.42 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $128.76 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $137.12 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↓ -81%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↓ -81%
Molina MGMCR $158.86 ↓ -81%
Prime Health WorkersComp $160.23 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $183.94 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $192.31 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $209.03 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $213.21 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $225.75 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $234.11 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $234.11 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $250.83 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $376.25 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $418.06 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $418.06 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $418.06 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $501.67 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $627.08 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $668.89 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $710.69 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $710.69 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $710.69 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $769.22 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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