X-ray surgical specimen at HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL
8951 CYPRESS MANOR DR, TAMPA, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1669427258
$3,864.74
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.
$3,864.74
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.
$181.64 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $3,555.56 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 | $181.64 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $278.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $278.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $301.45 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $301.45 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $301.45 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $301.45 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $309.18 | ↓ -92% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $337.25 | ↓ -91% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $337.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $344.35 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $595.17 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $633.82 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $734.30 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $850.24 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $888.89 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $966.18 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $985.51 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $1,043.48 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,082.13 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,082.13 | ↓ -72% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,086.50 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,159.42 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $1,739.13 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $1,932.37 | ↓ -50% |
| Beacon Health Options | COMM | $1,932.37 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $1,932.37 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $2,318.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $2,898.55 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth | BHCOMM | $3,091.79 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $3,285.03 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $3,285.03 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $3,285.03 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $3,555.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,837.79 | $424.56 – $1,266.75 |
| Adventhealth Carrollwood | Tampa | $1,761.45 | $424.56 – $1,266.75 |
| HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL | Tampa | not published | $337.25 – $1,086.50 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,428.17 | $523.23 – $952.35 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,428.17 | $472.40 – $1,218.77 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $1,564.18 | $542.08 – $1,246.50 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $3,221.47 | $443.70 – $1,041.93 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $3,154.45 | $6.68 – $4,019.65 |