New Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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.

$20.50 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $387.50 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 $20.50
BCBS MGMCRHMO $22.32
Aetna MCR $29.06
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $31.41
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $31.41
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $34.02
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $34.02
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $34.02
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $34.02
BCBS BSL $36.64
BCBS SBN $36.64
Truli BSL $36.64
BCBS MBN $36.64
BCBS HMO $48.02
Simply Healthcare HIX $53.49
BCBS NWB $53.91
BCBS PPO $53.91
Oscar HIX $63.18
Aetna QHP $66.97
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $67.18
United OptionsPPO $69.08
Cigna PPO $78.52
Cigna HMO $78.52
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $81.70
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $81.70
Molina MGMCR $82.88
Prime Health WorkersComp $83.42
BCBS PHS $88.45
Aetna GatedCOMM $95.19
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $95.19
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $107.41
Molina HIX $117.78
Humana PPO $122.14
Humana HMO $122.14
Aetna ASA $126.36
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $189.54
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $210.60
Plotkin Health COMM $210.60
Beacon Health Options COMM $218.10
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $252.72
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $315.90
Evernorth BHCOMM $336.96
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $358.02
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $358.02
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $358.02
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $387.50

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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $656.36 not published
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $656.36 not published
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $1,942.86 $81.70 – $83.42
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $609.46 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $650.55 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $555.89 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $502.45 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $923.23 not published

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