Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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.

$1.02 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $87.58 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 $1.02
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.57
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.57
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.70
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.70
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.70
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.70
AvMed HIX $1.74
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3.36
United OptionsPPO $3.58
Molina MGMCR $4.14
AvMed HMOFI $4.80
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $5.01
Humana TRICARE $5.43
AvMed ASOEO $5.45
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5.56
CareSource Tricare $5.60
Molina HIX $5.89
LifePath Hospice COMM $5.99
United Behavioral Health VACNN $5.99
Aetna MCR $5.99
United AllPayerAppendix $5.99
United MGMCD $5.99
WellMed MCR $5.99
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $5.99
United VA CCN FED $5.99
Devoted Health MCR $5.99
Humana HMO $6.10
Humana PPO $6.10
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.11
United MCR $6.11
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.11
BCBS MCRPPO $6.11
Sunshine State MCR $6.29
BayCare Health Plans MCR $6.29
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.29
WellCare MCR $6.29
American Health Plan MCR $6.35
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $6.41
Align Senior Care MCR $6.41
SECUR MGMCR $6.47
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $6.53
Aetna ASA $6.54
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.59
Clear Spring Health MCR $6.59
Centurion LOGOV $6.59
CarePlus MGMCR $6.83
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.07
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.19
Oscar HIX $8.15
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.69
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $9.81
Plotkin Health COMM $10.90
Beacon Health Options COMM $10.90
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $10.90
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $13.08
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $16.35
Evernorth BHCOMM $17.44
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $18.53
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $18.53
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $18.53
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $20.06
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $85.78
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $85.78
Prime Health WorkersComp $87.58
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $110.28 $5.99 – $13.30
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $110.28 $5.99 – $13.30
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