X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) 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.

$136.96 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $2,680.87 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.

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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 $136.96
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $209.81
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $209.81
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $227.29
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $227.29
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $227.29
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $227.29
AvMed HIX $233.12
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $339.20
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $339.20
Prime Health WorkersComp $346.34
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $448.75
United OptionsPPO $477.89
Molina MGMCR $553.66
AvMed HMOFI $641.08
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $670.22
AvMed ASOEO $728.50
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $743.07
Molina HIX $786.78
Humana PPO $815.92
Humana HMO $815.92
Aetna ASA $874.20
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,311.30
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,456.99
Plotkin Health COMM $1,456.99
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,456.99
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,748.39
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,185.49
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,331.19
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,476.89
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,476.89
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,476.89
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,680.87
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,233.39 $76.59 – $201.75
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $1,233.39 $76.59 – $201.75
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa not published $182.03 – $346.34
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $796.43 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,479.89 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $827.94 $85.22 – $194.11
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $648.27 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $951.77 $80.04 – $165.94

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