Cell marker study 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

$90.00

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.

$90.00

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.

$4.23 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $160.23 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 $4.23 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $6.48 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $6.48 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $7.02 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $7.02 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $7.02 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $7.02 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $7.20 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.43 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $13.50 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $13.86 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $14.76 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $17.10 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $19.80 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $20.70 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $22.50 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $22.95 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $24.30 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $25.20 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $25.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $27.00 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $40.50 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $45.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $45.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $49.50 ↓ -45%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $67.50 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $72.00 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $72.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $76.50 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $82.80 ↓ -8%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↑ +74%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↑ +74%
Prime Health WorkersComp $160.23 ↑ +78%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $91.00 $49.76 – $157.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $332.79 $54.42 – $99.37
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $415.35 $11.52 – $175.00
martin north hospital Stuart $415.35 $12.13 – $221.05
indian river hospital Vero Beach $415.35 $11.52 – $511.20
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $664.95 $25.20 – $70.00
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $36.66 $49.76 – $160.23
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $37.74 $49.47 – $283.73

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