Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet 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

$29.15

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.

$29.15

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.

$0.23 with Humana vs $26.82 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 $0.23 ↓ -99%
CareSource Tricare $0.24 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.30 ↓ -99%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $1.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1.98 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $2.01 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2.10 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2.10 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.27 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.27 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.27 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.27 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $2.33 ↓ -92%
BCBS MBN $2.45 ↓ -92%
BCBS BSL $2.45 ↓ -92%
BCBS SBN $2.45 ↓ -92%
Truli BSL $2.54 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $3.21 ↓ -89%
BCBS NWB $3.59 ↓ -88%
Truli PPO $3.59 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $3.59 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $3.70 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $4.37 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $4.49 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $4.78 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $5.25 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $5.25 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $5.54 ↓ -81%
BCBS PHS $5.92 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $6.41 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $6.70 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $7.29 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $7.43 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $7.87 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $8.16 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $8.16 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $8.74 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $13.12 ↓ -55%
Beacon Health Options COMM $14.57 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $14.57 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $14.57 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $14.57 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $21.86 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $21.86 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $21.86 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $23.32 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $24.78 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $26.82 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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