CT thoracic spine w/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

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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.

$401.74 with United vs $15,151.68 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 $401.74
AvMed HIX $738.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $774.05
Aetna QHP $913.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,185.78
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,185.78
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,284.60
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,284.60
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,284.60
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,284.60
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,404.00
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,404.00
AvMed HMOFI $1,696.00
AvMed ASOEO $1,863.00
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,536.26
United OptionsPPO $2,700.95
Molina MGMCR $3,129.15
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $3,987.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,987.50
Prime Health WorkersComp $4,071.45
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,199.65
Molina HIX $4,446.69
Aetna ASA $4,940.77
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,411.15
Plotkin Health COMM $8,234.61
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $8,234.61
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $9,058.07
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $12,351.92
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $13,175.38
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $13,175.38
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $13,998.84
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $15,151.68

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CT thoracic spine w/contrast at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,582.20 $174.01 – $437.27
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $7,112.05 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,947.05 $174.01 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,266.23 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,707.23 $174.01 – $570.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $9,270.49 $183.17 – $347.52
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,314.95 $50.71 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $45.37 – $767.50

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