X-ray thoracic spine 2 views 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

$2,790.87

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.

$2,790.87

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.

$131.17 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $2,567.60 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 $131.17 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $200.94 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $200.94 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $217.69 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $217.69 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $217.69 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $217.69 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $223.27 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $429.79 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $457.70 ↓ -84%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $498.08 ↓ -82%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $498.08 ↓ -82%
Prime Health WorkersComp $508.56 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $530.27 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $613.99 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $641.90 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $697.72 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $711.67 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $753.53 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $781.44 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $781.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $837.26 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,255.89 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,395.43 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,395.43 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,395.43 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,674.52 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,093.15 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $2,232.70 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,372.24 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,372.24 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,372.24 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,567.60 ↓ -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 thoracic spine 2 views at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,187.03 $76.59 – $242.37
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $1,187.03 $76.59 – $242.37
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa $2,573.89 $245.18 – $508.56
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $549.60 $94.39 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,520.44 $77.67 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $270.00 $85.22 – $286.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $624.60 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,654.43 $80.04 – $199.35

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