Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$566.80

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.

$566.80

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.

$26.64 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $656.15 with United — 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 $26.64 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $40.81 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $40.81 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $44.21 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $44.21 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $44.21 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $44.21 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $45.34 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $71.98 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $85.02 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $87.29 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $92.96 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $107.69 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $124.70 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $130.36 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $141.70 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $144.53 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $153.04 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $158.70 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $158.70 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $170.04 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $255.06 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↓ -51%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↓ -51%
Plotkin Health COMM $283.40 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $283.40 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $283.40 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WorkersComp $284.64 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $340.08 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $425.10 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $453.44 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $481.78 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $481.78 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $481.78 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $521.46 ↓ -8%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↑ +16%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $7,752.38 not published
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $2,854.84 $278.77 – $656.15
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $597.10 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $669.61 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $609.70 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $4,381.88 $841.35 – $1,536.31
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,535.30 $44.82 – $925.49
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