Blood Culture Test at HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL

2901 W Swann Ave, Tampa, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1871935072

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,176.34

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.

$2,176.34

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.

$9.35 with Humana vs $2,002.23 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
Humana TRICARE $9.35 ↓ -100%
CareSource Tricare $9.64 ↓ -100%
United VA CCN FED $10.32 ↓ -100%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $10.32 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCR $10.32 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.32 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $10.32 ↓ -100%
WellMed MCR $10.32 ↓ -100%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $10.32 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $10.32 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $10.32 ↓ -100%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $10.53 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.53 ↓ -100%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $10.53 ↓ -100%
United MCR $10.53 ↓ -100%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.84 ↓ -100%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $10.84 ↓ -100%
Sunshine State MCR $10.84 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MCR $10.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $11.04 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.04 ↓ -99%
Align Senior Care MCR $11.04 ↓ -99%
SECUR MGMCR $11.15 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $11.25 ↓ -99%
Clear Spring Health MCR $11.35 ↓ -99%
Centurion LOGOV $11.35 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.35 ↓ -99%
CarePlus MGMCR $11.76 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $12.18 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.38 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $14.04 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $14.96 ↓ -99%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $102.29 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $156.70 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $156.70 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $169.75 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $169.75 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $169.75 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $169.75 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $174.11 ↓ -92%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $249.53 ↓ -89%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $249.53 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WorkersComp $254.78 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $335.16 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $356.92 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $413.50 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $478.79 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $500.56 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $544.09 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $554.97 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $587.61 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $609.38 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $609.38 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $652.90 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $979.35 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,088.17 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,088.17 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,088.17 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,088.17 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,632.26 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,632.26 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,632.26 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $1,741.07 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,849.89 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,002.23 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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