MRA without cont, lwr ext 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

$7,597.90

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.

$7,597.90

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.

$357.10 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $6,990.07 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 $357.10 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $547.05 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $547.05 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $592.64 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $592.64 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $592.64 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $592.64 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $607.83 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1,170.08 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHP $1,186.00 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,246.06 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $1,443.60 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1,671.54 ↓ -78%
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,826.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,826.00 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $1,899.47 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,937.46 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $2,051.43 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $2,279.37 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,419.05 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $3,798.95 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3,798.95 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,798.95 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $4,558.74 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $5,698.43 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $6,078.32 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $6,458.22 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,458.22 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $6,458.22 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $6,990.07 ↓ -8%

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MRA without cont, lwr ext at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa not published $249.17 – $553.15
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $517.79 – $1,186.00
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $11,024.00 $517.79 – $946.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $3,060.85 $244.69 – $2,050.42
HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT HOSPITAL TAMARAC $9,714.00 $517.79 – $1,060.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $236.71 – $415.86
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $249.17 – $553.15

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