Heavy metal qual any number 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.

$18.98 with Humana vs $76.63 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
Humana TRICARE $18.98
CareSource Tricare $19.57
LifePath Hospice COMM $20.94
United Behavioral Health VACNN $20.94
Aetna MCR $20.94
United AllPayerAppendix $20.94
United MGMCD $20.94
WellMed MCR $20.94
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $20.94
United VA CCN FED $20.94
Devoted Health MCR $20.94
BCBS MCRPPO $21.36
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $21.36
BCBS MGMCRHMO $21.36
United MCR $21.36
BayCare Health Plans MCR $21.99
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $21.99
Sunshine State MCR $21.99
WellCare MCR $21.99
American Health Plan MCR $22.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $22.41
Align Senior Care MCR $22.41
Florida Complete Care MCR $22.41
SECUR MGMCR $22.62
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $22.82
Centurion LOGOV $23.03
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $23.03
Clear Spring Health MCR $23.03
CarePlus MGMCR $23.87
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.71
Longevity Health Plan MCR $25.13
Oscar HIX $28.48
Solis Health Plan MCR $30.36
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Heavy metal qual any number at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $12.00 $18.98 – $76.63
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $20.94 – $46.49
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa not published $20.94 – $46.49
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $23.40 $6.23 – $32.40
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $23.40 $6.36 – $32.40
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $23.40 $6.16 – $32.40
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $23.40 $6.16 – $32.40
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $23.40 $6.01 – $32.40

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