Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$15.04

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.

$15.04

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.

$0.71 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $76.63 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 $0.71 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.08 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.08 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.17 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.17 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.17 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.17 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.20 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.32 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2.47 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $2.86 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $3.31 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.46 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $3.76 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.84 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4.06 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $4.21 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $4.21 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.51 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.77 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7.52 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.52 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $7.52 ↓ -50%
Humana TRICARE $8.96 ↓ -40%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $9.02 ↓ -40%
CareSource Tricare $9.24 ↓ -39%
LifePath Hospice COMM $9.89 ↓ -34%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $9.89 ↓ -34%
Aetna MCR $9.89 ↓ -34%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -34%
United MGMCD $9.89 ↓ -34%
WellMed MCR $9.89 ↓ -34%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $9.89 ↓ -34%
United VA CCN FED $9.89 ↓ -34%
Devoted Health MCR $9.89 ↓ -34%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.09 ↓ -33%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $10.09 ↓ -33%
United MCR $10.09 ↓ -33%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $10.09 ↓ -33%
Sunshine State MCR $10.38 ↓ -31%
WellCare MCR $10.38 ↓ -31%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.38 ↓ -31%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $10.38 ↓ -31%
American Health Plan MCR $10.48 ↓ -30%
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.58 ↓ -30%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $10.58 ↓ -30%
Align Senior Care MCR $10.58 ↓ -30%
SECUR MGMCR $10.68 ↓ -29%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $10.78 ↓ -28%
Clear Spring Health MCR $10.88 ↓ -28%
Centurion LOGOV $10.88 ↓ -28%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.88 ↓ -28%
CarePlus MGMCR $11.27 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11.28 ↓ -25%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.67 ↓ -22%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.87 ↓ -21%
Evernorth BHCOMM $12.03 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $12.78 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $12.78 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $12.78 ↓ -15%
Oscar HIX $13.45 ↓ -11%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $13.84 ↓ -8%
Solis Health Plan MCR $14.34 ↓ -5%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +399%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +399%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↑ +410%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $152.65 $9.89 – $21.96
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $152.65 $9.89 – $21.96
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $225.69 $8.96 – $76.63
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $37.34 $9.40 – $16.51
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $31.15 $9.89 – $21.96
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $31.29 $9.40 – $21.12
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $25.77 $9.40 – $21.60
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $9.00 $7.91 – $75.49

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