Assay of corticosterone at HCA FLORIDA SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL

12145 Little River Way, PARRISH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1164476867

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$49.50

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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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$49.50

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.

$2.33 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $76.63 with Prime Health — 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 $2.33 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $3.56 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $3.56 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $3.86 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $3.86 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $3.86 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $3.86 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $3.96 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $7.62 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $8.12 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $9.40 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $10.89 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $11.38 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $12.38 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $12.62 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $13.37 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $13.86 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $13.86 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $14.85 ↓ -70%
Humana TRICARE $20.41 ↓ -59%
CareSource Tricare $21.04 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $22.27 ↓ -55%
Devoted Health MCR $22.52 ↓ -55%
Aetna MCR $22.52 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.52 ↓ -55%
United MGMCD $22.52 ↓ -55%
WellMed MCR $22.52 ↓ -55%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $22.52 ↓ -55%
United VA CCN FED $22.52 ↓ -55%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $22.97 ↓ -54%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.97 ↓ -54%
United MCR $22.97 ↓ -54%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $22.97 ↓ -54%
Sunshine State MCR $23.65 ↓ -52%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $23.65 ↓ -52%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $23.65 ↓ -52%
WellCare MCR $23.65 ↓ -52%
American Health Plan MCR $23.87 ↓ -52%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $24.10 ↓ -51%
Florida Complete Care MCR $24.10 ↓ -51%
Align Senior Care MCR $24.10 ↓ -51%
SECUR MGMCR $24.32 ↓ -51%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $24.55 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $24.75 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $24.75 ↓ -50%
Centurion LOGOV $24.77 ↓ -50%
Clear Spring Health MCR $24.77 ↓ -50%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $24.77 ↓ -50%
CarePlus MGMCR $25.67 ↓ -48%
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.57 ↓ -46%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $27.02 ↓ -45%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $27.23 ↓ -45%
Oscar HIX $30.63 ↓ -38%
Solis Health Plan MCR $32.65 ↓ -34%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $37.13 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $39.60 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $39.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $42.08 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $45.54 ↓ -8%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +52%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +52%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↑ +55%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Assay of corticosterone at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $106.60 $6.33 – $139.40
martin north hospital Stuart $106.60 $6.66 – $123.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $55.25 $22.52 – $55.51
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $78.48 $20.41 – $76.63
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES $78.48 $20.41 – $34.68
HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL Sebring $45.45 $22.52 – $69.27
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART $45.00 $22.42 – $78.66
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $21.39 – $37.59

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