Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution 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.

$6.86 with Humana vs $153.64 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 $6.86
CareSource Tricare $7.07
BCBS BSL $14.53
Truli BSL $14.53
BCBS SBN $14.53
BCBS MBN $14.53
United AllPayerAppendix $16.28
BCBS HMO $19.04
BCBS NWB $21.38
BCBS PPO $21.38
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $25.72
United OptionsPPO $27.39
BCBS PHS $35.07
Aetna ASA $50.10
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $75.15
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $83.50
Plotkin Health COMM $83.50
Beacon Health Options COMM $83.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $100.20
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $125.25
Evernorth BHCOMM $133.60
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $141.95
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $141.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $141.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $153.64
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,147.34 not published
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $1,264.33 not published
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $6.86 – $16.28
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $401.86 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,262.62 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $680.60 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $657.10 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,393.16 not published

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