Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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

$123.42

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$123.42

Gross charge

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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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$5.80 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $271.70 with Prime Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $5.80 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $8.89 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $8.89 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $9.63 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $9.63 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $9.63 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $9.63 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $9.87 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $19.01 ↓ -85%
Humana TRICARE $20.24 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $20.24 ↓ -84%
CareSource Tricare $20.87 ↓ -83%
Aetna MCR $22.34 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health MCR $22.34 ↓ -82%
United VA CCN FED $22.34 ↓ -82%
WellMed MCR $22.34 ↓ -82%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $22.34 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.34 ↓ -82%
United MGMCD $22.34 ↓ -82%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.79 ↓ -82%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $22.79 ↓ -82%
United MCR $22.79 ↓ -82%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $22.79 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $23.45 ↓ -81%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $23.46 ↓ -81%
WellCare MCR $23.46 ↓ -81%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $23.46 ↓ -81%
Sunshine State MCR $23.46 ↓ -81%
American Health Plan MCR $23.68 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $23.90 ↓ -81%
Align Senior Care MCR $23.90 ↓ -81%
Florida Complete Care MCR $23.90 ↓ -81%
SECUR MGMCR $24.13 ↓ -80%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $24.35 ↓ -80%
Clear Spring Health MCR $24.57 ↓ -80%
Centurion LOGOV $24.57 ↓ -80%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $24.57 ↓ -80%
CarePlus MGMCR $25.47 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.36 ↓ -79%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $26.81 ↓ -78%
AvMed HMOFI $27.15 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $28.39 ↓ -77%
Oscar HIX $30.38 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $30.86 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $31.47 ↓ -75%
Solis Health Plan MCR $32.39 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $33.32 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $34.56 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $34.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $37.03 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $55.54 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $61.71 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $61.71 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $67.88 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $92.56 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $98.74 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $98.74 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $104.91 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $113.55 ↓ -8%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $266.10 ↑ +116%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $266.10 ↑ +116%
Prime Health WorkersComp $271.70 ↑ +120%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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