Carbon dioxide 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

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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.

$0.86 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $42.80 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 $0.86
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.32
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.32
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.43
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.43
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.43
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.43
AvMed HIX $1.47
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.82
United OptionsPPO $3.01
Molina MGMCR $3.48
AvMed HMOFI $4.03
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $4.22
Humana TRICARE $4.42
CareSource Tricare $4.56
AvMed ASOEO $4.58
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.67
Devoted Health MCR $4.88
WellMed MCR $4.88
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $4.88
Aetna MCR $4.88
United AllPayerAppendix $4.88
United VA CCN FED $4.88
United MGMCD $4.88
Molina HIX $4.95
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.98
United MCR $4.98
BCBS MCRPPO $4.98
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.98
BayCare Health Plans MCR $5.12
Sunshine State MCR $5.12
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.12
WellCare MCR $5.12
Humana PPO $5.13
Humana HMO $5.13
American Health Plan MCR $5.17
Align Senior Care MCR $5.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $5.22
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.22
SECUR MGMCR $5.27
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $5.32
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.37
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.37
Centurion LOGOV $5.37
Aetna ASA $5.50
CarePlus MGMCR $5.56
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.76
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.86
Oscar HIX $6.64
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.08
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $8.25
Plotkin Health COMM $9.16
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $9.16
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $10.08
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $13.75
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $14.66
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $14.66
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $15.58
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $16.86
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $41.91
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $41.91
Prime Health WorkersComp $42.80
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Carbon dioxide at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $122.00 $4.64 – $8.14
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $222.26 $4.88 – $10.83
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $122.00 $4.64 – $10.42
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $211.68 $4.88 – $10.83
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $104.57 $4.64 – $10.66
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $32.28 $4.88 – $8.91
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $48.10 $2.05 – $47.60
martin north hospital Stuart $48.10 $2.73 – $42.00

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