Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$408.98

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.

$408.98

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.

$6.64 with Humana vs $376.26 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
Humana TRICARE $6.64 ↓ -98%
CareSource Tricare $6.85 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $7.33 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $7.33 ↓ -98%
United VA CCN FED $7.33 ↓ -98%
WellMed MCR $7.33 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $7.33 ↓ -98%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $7.33 ↓ -98%
United MCR $7.48 ↓ -98%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.48 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.70 ↓ -98%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $7.70 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $7.70 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $7.70 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $7.77 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
SECUR MGMCR $7.92 ↓ -98%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $7.99 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.06 ↓ -98%
Centurion LOGOV $8.06 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.06 ↓ -98%
CarePlus MGMCR $8.36 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare HIX $8.65 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.80 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $9.97 ↓ -98%
Solis Health Plan MCR $10.63 ↓ -97%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $19.22 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $29.45 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $29.45 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $31.90 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $31.90 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $31.90 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $31.90 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $32.72 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $62.98 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $67.07 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $77.71 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $89.98 ↓ -78%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $92.60 ↓ -77%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $92.60 ↓ -77%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $94.07 ↓ -77%
Prime Health WorkersComp $94.55 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $102.25 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $104.29 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $110.42 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $114.51 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $114.51 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $122.69 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $184.04 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $204.49 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $204.49 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $224.94 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $306.74 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $327.18 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $327.18 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $347.63 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $376.26 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.41 $6.96 – $12.23
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $217.41 $7.33 – $16.27
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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $148.96 $7.33 – $16.27
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