Dch validity tests 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.

$3.15 with Humana vs $67.91 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 $3.15
CareSource Tricare $3.25
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $3.47
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $3.48
United VA CCN FED $3.48
Aetna MCR $3.48
Devoted Health MCR $3.48
United AllPayerAppendix $3.48
United MGMCD $3.48
WellMed MCR $3.48
United MCR $3.55
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.55
BCBS MCRPPO $3.55
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $3.55
BayCare Health Plans MCR $3.65
WellCare MCR $3.65
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $3.65
Sunshine State MCR $3.65
American Health Plan MCR $3.69
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $3.72
Florida Complete Care MCR $3.72
Align Senior Care MCR $3.72
SECUR MGMCR $3.76
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $3.79
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $3.83
Centurion LOGOV $3.83
Clear Spring Health MCR $3.83
CarePlus MGMCR $3.97
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.11
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.18
Oscar HIX $4.73
Solis Health Plan MCR $5.05
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $5.31
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $5.31
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $5.76
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $5.76
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $5.76
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $5.76
AvMed HIX $5.90
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $11.37
United OptionsPPO $12.10
Molina MGMCR $14.02
AvMed HMOFI $16.24
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $16.98
AvMed ASOEO $18.45
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $18.82
Molina HIX $19.93
Humana PPO $20.67
Humana HMO $20.67
Aetna ASA $22.14
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $33.21
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $36.06
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.06
Prime Health WorkersComp $36.82
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $36.91
Plotkin Health COMM $36.91
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $40.60
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $55.36
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $59.05
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $59.05
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $62.74
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $67.91
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Dch validity tests at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $60.18 $3.31 – $7.43
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $61.78 $3.48 – $7.73
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $25.85 $3.48 – $6.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $25.35 $1.43 – $31.45
martin north hospital Stuart $51.35 $1.50 – $18.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $25.35 $1.43 – $29.60
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $4.90 $3.06 – $8.70
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $8.20 $3.48 – $12.76

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