Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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.

$15.46 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $306.53 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 $15.46
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $23.69
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $23.69
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $25.66
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $25.66
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $25.66
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $25.66
AvMed HIX $26.32
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
Simply Healthcare HIX $41.78
Oscar HIX $49.35
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $50.67
United OptionsPPO $53.96
Molina MGMCR $62.51
AvMed HMOFI $72.38
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $75.67
AvMed ASOEO $82.25
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $83.89
Molina HIX $88.83
Humana PPO $92.12
Humana HMO $92.12
Aetna ASA $98.70
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $148.05
Plotkin Health COMM $164.50
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $164.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $180.95
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $246.75
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $263.20
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $263.20
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $279.65
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $300.21
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $300.21
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $302.68
Prime Health WorkersComp $306.53
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $439.36 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,024.75 $39.00 – $86.59
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $492.75 $37.05 – $83.31
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $639.19 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $169.00 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $406.00 $33.84 – $301.96
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $225.94 $39.00 – $71.22
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $455.65 $30.30 – $106.00

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