Heparin assay 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.

$2.09 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $131.37 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $2.09
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $3.20
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $3.20
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $3.46
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $3.46
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $3.46
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $3.46
AvMed HIX $3.55
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $6.84
United OptionsPPO $7.28
Molina MGMCR $8.44
AvMed HMOFI $9.77
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $10.21
AvMed ASOEO $11.10
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $11.32
Humana TRICARE $11.86
Molina HIX $11.99
CareSource Tricare $12.23
Humana PPO $12.43
Humana HMO $12.43
LifePath Hospice COMM $13.09
United Behavioral Health VACNN $13.09
Aetna MCR $13.09
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09
United MGMCD $13.09
WellMed MCR $13.09
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $13.09
United VA CCN FED $13.09
Devoted Health MCR $13.09
Aetna ASA $13.32
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $13.35
United MCR $13.35
BCBS MCRPPO $13.35
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.35
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.74
Sunshine State MCR $13.74
WellCare MCR $13.74
BayCare Health Plans MCR $13.74
American Health Plan MCR $13.88
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.01
Align Senior Care MCR $14.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $14.01
SECUR MGMCR $14.14
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $14.27
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.40
Centurion LOGOV $14.40
Clear Spring Health MCR $14.40
CarePlus MGMCR $14.92
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.45
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.71
Oscar HIX $17.80
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.98
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $19.98
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $22.20
Plotkin Health COMM $22.20
Beacon Health Options COMM $22.20
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $26.64
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $33.30
Evernorth BHCOMM $35.52
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $37.74
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $37.74
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $37.74
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $40.85
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $128.66
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $128.66
Prime Health WorkersComp $131.37
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Heparin assay at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $295.39 $13.09 – $29.06
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $295.39 $13.09 – $29.06
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $11.86 – $131.37
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $235.81 $12.44 – $21.85
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $108.49 $13.09 – $29.06
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $243.97 $12.44 – $27.96
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $37.89 $12.44 – $28.60
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $87.93 $13.09 – $23.90

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