Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination 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.

$3.28 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $482.68 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 $3.28
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $5.02
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $5.02
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $5.44
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $5.44
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $5.44
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $5.44
AvMed HIX $5.58
Simply Healthcare HIX $8.86
Oscar HIX $10.46
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $10.74
United OptionsPPO $11.44
Molina MGMCR $13.25
AvMed HMOFI $15.35
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $16.04
AvMed ASOEO $17.44
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $17.79
Molina HIX $18.84
Humana PPO $19.53
Humana HMO $19.53
Aetna ASA $20.93
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $31.39
Beacon Health Options COMM $34.88
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $34.88
Plotkin Health COMM $34.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $41.86
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $52.32
Evernorth BHCOMM $55.81
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $59.30
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $59.30
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $59.30
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $64.18
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $472.73
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $472.73
Prime Health WorkersComp $482.68
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,206.51 $54.42 – $120.81
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $1,206.51 not published
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $49.76 – $482.68
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $557.21 $51.70 – $90.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $157.26 $54.42 – $120.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $405.00 $51.70 – $116.23
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $463.46 $51.70 – $118.88
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $405.00 $54.42 – $99.37

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