Brain MRI (without contrast) 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

$17,373.43

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.

$17,373.43

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.

$517.79 with United vs $15,983.56 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
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -97%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $816.55 ↓ -95%
AvMed HIX $1,080.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHP $1,186.00 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,250.89 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,250.89 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,355.13 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,355.13 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,355.13 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,355.13 ↓ -92%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,826.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,826.00 ↓ -89%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,487.43 ↓ -86%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,487.43 ↓ -86%
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,539.80 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,675.51 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2,849.24 ↓ -84%
AvMed HMOFI $3,110.00 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $3,300.95 ↓ -81%
AvMed ASOEO $3,418.00 ↓ -80%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,430.22 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $4,690.83 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $5,212.03 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,818.04 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $8,686.72 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $8,686.72 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $9,555.39 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $13,030.07 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $13,898.74 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $13,898.74 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $14,767.42 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $15,983.56 ↓ -8%

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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,130.95 $236.71 – $517.67
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $13,405.00 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,395.32 $236.71 – $703.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,841.17 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,290.74 $236.71 – $675.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,833.94 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,778.40 $61.08 – $1,772.25
martin north hospital Stuart $1,643.85 $54.65 – $1,042.50

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