Drug assay caffeine 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

$49.31

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.

$49.31

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.

$2.32 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $122.91 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 $2.32 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $3.55 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $3.55 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $3.85 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $3.85 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $3.85 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $3.85 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $3.94 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $7.59 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $8.09 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $9.37 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $10.85 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $11.34 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $12.33 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $12.57 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $13.31 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $13.81 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $13.81 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $14.79 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $22.19 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $24.66 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $24.66 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $24.66 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $29.59 ↓ -40%
Humana TRICARE $34.96 ↓ -29%
CareSource Tricare $36.04 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $36.98 ↓ -25%
LifePath Hospice COMM $38.57 ↓ -22%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $38.57 ↓ -22%
Aetna MCR $38.57 ↓ -22%
United AllPayerAppendix $38.57 ↓ -22%
United MGMCD $38.57 ↓ -22%
WellMed MCR $38.57 ↓ -22%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $38.57 ↓ -22%
United VA CCN FED $38.57 ↓ -22%
Devoted Health MCR $38.57 ↓ -22%
BCBS MCRPPO $39.34 ↓ -20%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $39.34 ↓ -20%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $39.34 ↓ -20%
United MCR $39.34 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $39.45 ↓ -20%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $40.50 ↓ -18%
WellCare MCR $40.50 ↓ -18%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $40.50 ↓ -18%
Sunshine State MCR $40.50 ↓ -18%
American Health Plan MCR $40.88 ↓ -17%
Align Senior Care MCR $41.27 ↓ -16%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $41.27 ↓ -16%
Florida Complete Care MCR $41.27 ↓ -16%
SECUR MGMCR $41.66 ↓ -16%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $41.91 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $41.91 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $41.91 ↓ -15%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $42.04 ↓ -15%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $42.43 ↓ -14%
Centurion LOGOV $42.43 ↓ -14%
Clear Spring Health MCR $42.43 ↓ -14%
CarePlus MGMCR $43.97 ↓ -11%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $45.37 ↓ -8%
Simply Healthcare HIX $45.51 ↓ -8%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $46.28 ↓ -6%
Oscar HIX $52.46 ↑ +6%
Solis Health Plan MCR $55.93 ↑ +13%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $120.37 ↑ +144%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $120.37 ↑ +144%
Prime Health WorkersComp $122.91 ↑ +149%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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