Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$447.66

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.

$447.66

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.

$4.36 with Humana vs $447.66 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 $4.36 ↓ -99%
CareSource Tricare $4.49 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
United Behavioral Health VACNN $4.81 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $4.81 ↓ -99%
WellMed MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.91 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.91 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.91 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.91 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.05 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $5.10 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $5.15 ↓ -99%
Align Senior Care MCR $5.15 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.15 ↓ -99%
SECUR MGMCR $5.19 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $5.24 ↓ -99%
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.29 ↓ -99%
Centurion LOGOV $5.29 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.29 ↓ -99%
CarePlus MGMCR $5.48 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.68 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.77 ↓ -99%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $6.36 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $6.54 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.97 ↓ -98%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $9.74 ↓ -98%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $9.74 ↓ -98%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $10.55 ↓ -98%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $10.55 ↓ -98%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $10.55 ↓ -98%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $10.55 ↓ -98%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $10.82 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $20.83 ↓ -95%
United OptionsPPO $22.18 ↓ -95%
Molina MGMCR $25.70 ↓ -94%
AvMed HMOFI $29.76 ↓ -93%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $31.11 ↓ -93%
AvMed ASOEO $33.82 ↓ -92%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $34.49 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $35.81 ↓ -92%
Molina HIX $36.52 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $37.88 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $37.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASA $40.58 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $46.79 ↓ -90%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $46.79 ↓ -90%
Prime Health WorkersComp $47.77 ↓ -89%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $60.87 ↓ -86%
Beacon Health Options COMM $67.64 ↓ -85%
Plotkin Health COMM $67.64 ↓ -85%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $67.64 ↓ -85%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $74.40 ↓ -83%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $101.45 ↓ -77%
Evernorth BHCOMM $108.22 ↓ -76%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $108.22 ↓ -76%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $108.22 ↓ -76%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $114.98 ↓ -74%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $124.45 ↓ -72%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $299.93 ↓ -33%
Optum Transplants MCR $447.66 ↑ +0%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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