Lactated ringers intravenous 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.

$1.65 with BCBS vs $28.62 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
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1.65
Aetna MCR $2.15
Humana TRICARE $2.23
CareSource Tricare $2.30
BCBS SBN $2.71
BCBS MBN $2.71
Truli BSL $2.71
BCBS BSL $2.71
BCBS HMO $3.55
BCBS NWB $3.98
BCBS PPO $3.98
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $4.79
United OptionsPPO $5.10
United AllPayerAppendix $5.12
BCBS PHS $6.53
Aetna ASA $9.33
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $14.00
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $15.55
Beacon Health Options COMM $15.55
Plotkin Health COMM $15.55
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $18.67
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $23.33
Evernorth BHCOMM $24.89
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $26.44
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $26.44
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $26.44
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $28.62
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $167.17 not published
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $202.12 not published
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $250.00 $2.23 – $5.12
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $105.66 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $298.63 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $90.74 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $90.31 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $382.50 not published

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