Smear wet mount 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.

$4.59 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $89.93 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 $4.59
Humana TRICARE $5.28
CareSource Tricare $5.44
WellMed MCR $5.82
United MGMCD $5.82
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82
Devoted Health MCR $5.82
WellCare MCR $5.82
United Behavioral Health VACNN $5.82
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $5.82
Aetna MCR $5.82
United VA CCN FED $5.82
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.94
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.94
United MCR $5.94
BCBS MCRPPO $5.94
BayCare Health Plans MCR $6.11
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.11
Sunshine State MCR $6.11
American Health Plan MCR $6.17
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.23
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $6.23
Align Senior Care MCR $6.23
SECUR MGMCR $6.29
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $6.34
Clear Spring Health MCR $6.40
Centurion LOGOV $6.40
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.40
CarePlus MGMCR $6.63
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.87
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.98
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $7.04
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $7.04
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $7.62
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $7.62
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $7.62
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $7.62
AvMed HIX $7.82
Oscar HIX $7.92
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.44
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $15.05
United OptionsPPO $16.03
Molina MGMCR $18.57
AvMed HMOFI $21.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $22.48
AvMed ASOEO $24.44
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $24.93
Molina HIX $26.39
Humana HMO $27.37
Humana PPO $27.37
Aetna ASA $29.32
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $43.99
Plotkin Health COMM $48.88
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $48.88
Beacon Health Options COMM $48.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $48.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $53.61
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $53.61
Prime Health WorkersComp $54.74
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $73.31
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $73.31
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $73.31
Evernorth BHCOMM $78.20
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $83.09
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $89.93
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Smear wet mount at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $231.62 $5.82 – $12.92
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $231.62 $5.82 – $12.92
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA not published $5.28 – $54.74
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $256.25 $5.53 – $9.71
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $266.50 $5.82 – $12.92
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $256.25 $5.53 – $12.43
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $238.50 $5.53 – $12.71
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $46.00 $4.66 – $53.92

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