Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$10.63

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.

$10.63

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.

$0.50 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $141.32 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 $0.50 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.77 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.77 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.83 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.83 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.83 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.83 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $0.85 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.64 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1.74 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $2.02 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $2.34 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2.44 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $2.66 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.71 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $2.87 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2.98 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $2.98 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $3.19 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.78 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $5.32 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $5.32 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $5.32 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $6.38 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $7.97 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $8.50 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $9.04 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $9.04 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $9.04 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $9.78 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $15.29 ↑ +44%
CareSource Tricare $15.76 ↑ +48%
LifePath Hospice COMM $16.87 ↑ +59%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $16.87 ↑ +59%
United VA CCN FED $16.87 ↑ +59%
Devoted Health MCR $16.87 ↑ +59%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $16.87 ↑ +59%
Aetna MCR $16.87 ↑ +59%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87 ↑ +59%
United MGMCD $16.87 ↑ +59%
WellMed MCR $16.87 ↑ +59%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.21 ↑ +62%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.21 ↑ +62%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $17.21 ↑ +62%
United MCR $17.21 ↑ +62%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.71 ↑ +67%
WellCare MCR $17.71 ↑ +67%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $17.71 ↑ +67%
Sunshine State MCR $17.71 ↑ +67%
American Health Plan MCR $17.88 ↑ +68%
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.05 ↑ +70%
Align Senior Care MCR $18.05 ↑ +70%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $18.05 ↑ +70%
SECUR MGMCR $18.22 ↑ +71%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $18.39 ↑ +73%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.56 ↑ +75%
Clear Spring Health MCR $18.56 ↑ +75%
Centurion LOGOV $18.56 ↑ +75%
CarePlus MGMCR $19.23 ↑ +81%
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.91 ↑ +87%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.24 ↑ +90%
Oscar HIX $22.94 ↑ +116%
Solis Health Plan MCR $24.46 ↑ +130%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $138.41 ↑ +1202%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $138.41 ↑ +1202%
Prime Health WorkersComp $141.32 ↑ +1229%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $260.39 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $260.39 $16.87 – $37.45
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $110.69 $15.29 – $141.32
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $129.58 $16.03 – $28.16
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $53.14 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $139.55 $16.03 – $36.03
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $112.41 $16.87 – $30.80
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $94.25 $5.78 – $61.20

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