Contrast exam thoracic aorta 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

$14,985.73

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.

$14,985.73

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.

$313.85 with Rockport Healthcare Group vs $13,786.87 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
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $313.85 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $313.85 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WorkersComp $320.46 ↓ -98%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $704.33 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,078.97 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,078.97 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,168.89 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,168.89 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,168.89 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,168.89 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1,198.86 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,307.80 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2,457.66 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $2,847.29 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $3,296.86 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3,446.72 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $3,746.43 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,821.36 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $4,046.15 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $4,196.00 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $4,196.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4,495.72 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6,743.58 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $7,492.86 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7,492.86 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $7,492.86 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $7,492.86 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $11,239.30 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11,239.30 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $11,239.30 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $11,988.58 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $12,737.87 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $13,786.87 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $8,023.82 $3,297.29 – $7,319.99
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $3,297.29 – $7,319.99
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA not published $313.85 – $6,438.74
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $14,290.40 $3,297.29 – $6,020.85
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $17,773.60 $20.89 – $23,075.80
martin north hospital Stuart $17,646.20 $18.69 – $13,574.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,732.95 $173.17 – $5,168.70
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $3,732.95 $959.00 – $5,168.70

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