Heparin bolus from bag 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

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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.

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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.

$0.21 with Humana vs $87.46 with Humana — 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 $0.21
CareSource Tricare $0.22
United AllPayerAppendix $0.39
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1.45
Aetna MCR $1.47
BCBS SBN $1.85
Truli BSL $1.85
BCBS BSL $1.85
BCBS MBN $1.85
BCBS HMO $2.42
Truli PPO $2.61
BCBS NWB $2.72
BCBS PPO $2.72
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3.27
United OptionsPPO $3.49
BCBS PHS $4.46
Aetna ASA $6.38
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $9.57
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $10.63
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $10.63
Plotkin Health COMM $10.63
Beacon Health Options COMM $10.63
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $14.68
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $15.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $15.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $15.95
Evernorth BHCOMM $17.01
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $18.07
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $19.56
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $22.49
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $22.49
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $24.36
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $24.36
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $24.36
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $24.36
AvMed HIX $24.99
Simply Healthcare HIX $39.67
Oscar HIX $46.85
Cigna HMO $56.22
Cigna PPO $56.22
Molina MGMCR $59.35
AvMed HMOFI $68.72
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $71.84
AvMed ASOEO $78.09
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $79.65
Molina HIX $84.34
Humana HMO $87.46
Humana PPO $87.46
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Heparin bolus from bag at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $179.26 not published
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $195.81 not published
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA not published $0.21 – $0.39
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $115.18 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $467.56 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $115.38 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $140.43 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $417.38 not published

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