Tissue culture tumor 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

$167.99

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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$167.99

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.

$7.90 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $213.90 with Solis Health Plan — 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 $7.90 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $12.10 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $12.10 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $13.10 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $13.10 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $13.10 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $13.10 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $13.44 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $25.87 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $27.55 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $31.92 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $36.96 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $38.64 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $42.00 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $42.84 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $45.36 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $47.04 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $47.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $50.40 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $75.60 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $84.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $84.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $84.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $100.79 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $125.99 ↓ -25%
Humana TRICARE $133.70 ↓ -20%
Evernorth BHCOMM $134.39 ↓ -20%
CareSource Tricare $137.84 ↓ -18%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $142.79 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $142.79 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $142.79 ↓ -15%
LifePath Hospice COMM $147.52 ↓ -12%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $147.52 ↓ -12%
Aetna MCR $147.52 ↓ -12%
United AllPayerAppendix $147.52 ↓ -12%
United MGMCD $147.52 ↓ -12%
WellMed MCR $147.52 ↓ -12%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $147.52 ↓ -12%
United VA CCN FED $147.52 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health MCR $147.52 ↓ -12%
BCBS MCRPPO $150.47 ↓ -10%
United MCR $150.47 ↓ -10%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $150.47 ↓ -10%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $150.47 ↓ -10%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $154.55 ↓ -8%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $154.90 ↓ -8%
Sunshine State MCR $154.90 ↓ -8%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $154.90 ↓ -8%
WellCare MCR $154.90 ↓ -8%
American Health Plan MCR $156.37 ↓ -7%
Florida Complete Care MCR $157.85 ↓ -6%
Align Senior Care MCR $157.85 ↓ -6%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $157.85 ↓ -6%
SECUR MGMCR $159.32 ↓ -5%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $160.80 ↓ -4%
Clear Spring Health MCR $162.27 ↓ -3%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $162.27 ↓ -3%
Centurion LOGOV $162.27 ↓ -3%
CarePlus MGMCR $168.17 ↑ +0%
Simply Healthcare HIX $174.07 ↑ +4%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $177.02 ↑ +5%
Oscar HIX $200.63 ↑ +19%
Solis Health Plan MCR $213.90 ↑ +27%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $2,276.97 $147.52 – $327.49
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