Assay of urine sulfate 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

$6.23

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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$6.23

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.

$0.29 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 $0.29 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.45 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.45 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.49 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.49 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.49 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.49 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $0.50 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $0.96 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1.02 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $1.18 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1.37 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1.43 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $1.56 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.59 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1.68 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1.74 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $1.74 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1.87 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2.80 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $3.12 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3.12 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $3.43 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $4.67 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $4.98 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $4.98 ↓ -20%
Humana TRICARE $4.98 ↓ -20%
CareSource Tricare $5.13 ↓ -18%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $5.30 ↓ -15%
WellMed MCR $5.49 ↓ -12%
United VA CCN FED $5.49 ↓ -12%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.49 ↓ -12%
United MGMCD $5.49 ↓ -12%
Aetna MCR $5.49 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health MCR $5.49 ↓ -12%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $5.49 ↓ -12%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.60 ↓ -10%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.60 ↓ -10%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.60 ↓ -10%
United MCR $5.60 ↓ -10%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $5.73 ↓ -8%
WellCare MCR $5.76 ↓ -8%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.76 ↓ -8%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $5.76 ↓ -8%
Sunshine State MCR $5.76 ↓ -8%
American Health Plan MCR $5.82 ↓ -7%
Align Senior Care MCR $5.87 ↓ -6%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $5.87 ↓ -6%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.87 ↓ -6%
SECUR MGMCR $5.93 ↓ -5%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $5.98 ↓ -4%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.04 ↓ -3%
Clear Spring Health MCR $6.04 ↓ -3%
Centurion LOGOV $6.04 ↓ -3%
CarePlus MGMCR $6.26 ↑ +0%
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.48 ↑ +4%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.59 ↑ +6%
Oscar HIX $7.47 ↑ +20%
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.96 ↑ +28%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +1105%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +1105%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↑ +1130%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $23.22 $5.22 – $9.16
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $163.37 $5.22 – $11.73
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