Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$526.12

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.

$526.12

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.

$24.73 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $484.03 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 $24.73 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -94%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $37.88 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $37.88 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $41.04 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $41.04 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $41.04 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $41.04 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $42.09 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $66.82 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $78.92 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $81.02 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $86.28 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $99.96 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $115.75 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $121.01 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $131.53 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $134.16 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $142.05 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $147.31 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $147.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $157.84 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $177.39 ↓ -66%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $177.39 ↓ -66%
Prime Health WorkersComp $181.13 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $236.75 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $263.06 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $263.06 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $263.06 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $263.06 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $394.59 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $394.59 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $394.59 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $420.90 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $447.20 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $484.03 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $143.48 not published
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $143.48 not published
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA not published $33.84 – $181.13
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $360.87 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $116.10 $39.00 – $86.59
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $44.39 $37.05 – $83.31
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $205.43 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $166.19 $39.00 – $71.22

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