F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$3,560.43

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.

$3,560.43

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.

$167.34 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $3,275.60 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $167.34 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $188.70 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $245.67 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $256.35 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $256.35 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $277.71 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $277.71 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $277.71 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $277.71 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $284.83 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $452.17 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $534.06 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $548.31 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $583.91 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $640.88 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $640.88 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $676.48 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $783.29 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $818.90 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $890.11 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $907.91 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $927.10 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $961.32 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $996.92 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $996.92 ↓ -72%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,602.19 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,780.21 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,780.21 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,780.21 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2,136.26 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,670.32 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,848.34 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,026.37 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $3,026.37 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $3,026.37 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,275.60 ↓ -8%

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $3,263.33 $927.10 – $927.10
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $178.75 $42.00 – $1,390.00
martin north hospital Stuart $178.75 $52.00 – $649.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $178.75 $58.75 – $1,575.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $566.80 $150.86 – $784.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $566.80 $175.27 – $872.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $922.35 $476.00 – $926.61
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $566.80 $152.60 – $784.80

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