Ultrasound chest 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

$3,772.99

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.

$3,772.99

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.

$177.33 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $3,471.15 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 $177.33 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -94%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $271.66 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $271.66 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $294.29 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $294.29 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $294.29 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $294.29 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $301.84 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $487.35 ↓ -87%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $487.35 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WorkersComp $497.61 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $581.04 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $618.77 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $716.87 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $830.06 ↓ -78%
AvMed ASOEO $943.25 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $962.11 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $1,018.71 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,056.44 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $1,056.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,131.90 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,697.85 ↓ -55%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,886.49 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,886.49 ↓ -50%
Beacon Health Options COMM $1,886.49 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,886.49 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,829.74 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,829.74 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,829.74 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $3,018.39 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,207.04 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,471.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Ultrasound chest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,893.70 $109.17 – $242.37
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $3,466.35 $245.18 – $497.61
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $1,893.70 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,145.26 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,318.41 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,004.02 $103.72 – $321.33
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,522.69 $103.72 – $308.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,824.31 $109.17 – $199.35

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