Tissue culture skin/biopsy at HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL
8951 CYPRESS MANOR DR, TAMPA, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1669427258
$245.25
Cash price 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.
$245.25
Gross charge 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.
$11.53 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $225.63 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $11.53 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $17.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $17.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $19.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $19.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $19.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $19.13 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $19.62 | ↓ -92% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $37.77 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $40.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $46.60 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $53.95 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $56.41 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $61.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $62.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $66.22 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $68.67 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | PPO | $68.67 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $73.58 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $110.36 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $122.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $122.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $122.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $127.55 | ↓ -48% |
| CareSource | Tricare | $131.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACNN | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | MCR | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| United | MGMCD | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| WellMed | MCR | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MCR | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| United VA CCN | FED | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| LifePath Hospice | COMM | $140.73 | ↓ -43% |
| United | MCR | $143.54 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $143.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $143.54 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $143.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $147.15 | ↓ -40% |
| WellCare | MCR | $147.77 | ↓ -40% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRPPO | $147.77 | ↓ -40% |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $147.77 | ↓ -40% |
| BayCare Health Plans | MCR | $147.77 | ↓ -40% |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $149.17 | ↓ -39% |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $150.58 | ↓ -39% |
| Align Senior Care | MCR | $150.58 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCR | $150.58 | ↓ -39% |
| SECUR | MGMCR | $151.99 | ↓ -38% |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | Medicare | $153.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Centurion | LOGOV | $154.80 | ↓ -37% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRHMO | $154.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $154.80 | ↓ -37% |
| CarePlus | MGMCR | $160.43 | ↓ -35% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $166.06 | ↓ -32% |
| Longevity Health Plan | MCR | $168.88 | ↓ -31% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $183.94 | ↓ -25% |
| Oscar | HIX | $191.39 | ↓ -22% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $196.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Solis Health Plan | MCR | $204.06 | ↓ -17% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $208.46 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $208.46 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $208.46 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $225.63 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $2,172.17 | $140.73 – $312.42 |
| Adventhealth Carrollwood | Tampa | $2,172.17 | $140.73 – $312.42 |
| HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL | Tampa | $215.00 | $127.55 – $204.06 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $939.37 | $140.73 – $256.97 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $810.55 | $77.75 – $264.35 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $810.55 | $91.12 – $233.25 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $810.55 | $101.52 – $997.60 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $562.90 | $16.20 – $164.70 |