Prednisone 1 mg tablet at HCA FLORIDA LARGO HOSPITAL

201 14TH STREET SW, LARGO, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1144274879

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.

$0.01 with Humana vs $6.88 with Optum Transplants — 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 $0.01
CareSource Tricare $0.01
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $0.32
BCBS MGMCRHMO $0.41
Aetna MCR $0.47
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.50
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.50
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.54
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.54
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.54
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.54
AvMed HIX $0.55
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $0.55
BCBS BSL $0.60
BCBS SBN $0.60
Truli BSL $0.60
BCBS MBN $0.60
BCBS HMO $0.78
Simply Healthcare HIX $0.87
BCBS NWB $0.88
BCBS PPO $0.88
Oscar HIX $1.03
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.06
United OptionsPPO $1.13
Cigna HMO $1.24
Cigna PPO $1.24
Molina MGMCR $1.31
BCBS PHS $1.44
AvMed HMOFI $1.51
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1.58
AvMed ASOEO $1.72
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.75
Molina HIX $1.86
Humana PPO $1.93
Humana HMO $1.93
Aetna ASA $2.06
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3.10
Beacon Health Options COMM $3.44
Plotkin Health COMM $3.44
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3.44
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $3.78
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $4.61
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $5.16
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $5.50
Evernorth BHCOMM $5.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $5.50
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $5.85
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $6.33
Optum Transplants MCR $6.88
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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