Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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.

$0.69 with Humana vs $261.28 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
Humana TRICARE $0.69
CareSource Tricare $0.71
United AllPayerAppendix $1.66
BCBS MGMCRHMO $15.05
Aetna MCR $19.60
AvMed HIX $22.72
BCBS MBN $24.71
BCBS SBN $24.71
Truli BSL $24.71
BCBS BSL $24.71
BCBS HMO $32.38
Simply Healthcare HIX $36.07
BCBS NWB $36.35
BCBS PPO $36.35
Oscar HIX $42.60
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $43.74
United OptionsPPO $46.58
Cigna PPO $51.12
Cigna HMO $51.12
Molina MGMCR $53.96
BCBS PHS $59.64
AvMed HMOFI $62.48
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $65.32
AvMed ASOEO $71.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $72.42
Molina HIX $76.68
Humana PPO $79.52
Humana HMO $79.52
Aetna ASA $85.20
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $127.80
Beacon Health Options COMM $142.00
Plotkin Health COMM $142.00
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $142.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $170.40
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $213.00
Evernorth BHCOMM $227.20
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $241.40
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $241.40
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $241.40
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $261.28
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $0.69 – $1.66
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $8.54 $0.98 – $2.94
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $8.40 $0.98 – $3.00
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $15.00 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL HIALEAH $14.00 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA NORTHWEST HOSPITAL MARGATE $15.00 $0.69 – $1.27
OVIEDO MEDICAL CENTER Oviedo $15.12 $0.69 – $1.27
HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT HOSPITAL TAMARAC $19.00 $0.69 – $1.27

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