MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext 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.

$828.27 with United vs $17,492.11 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 $828.27
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $893.62
Aetna QHP $1,186.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,368.95
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,368.95
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,483.03
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,483.03
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,483.03
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,483.03
AvMed HIX $1,521.05
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,826.00
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,826.00
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,928.03
United OptionsPPO $3,118.16
Molina MGMCR $3,612.50
AvMed HMOFI $4,182.90
AvMed ASOEO $4,753.29
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,848.36
Molina HIX $5,133.55
Aetna ASA $5,703.95
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $8,555.92
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $9,506.58
Plotkin Health COMM $9,506.58
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $10,457.24
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $14,259.87
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $15,210.53
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $15,210.53
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $16,161.19
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $17,492.11

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MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,301.19 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,638.34 $364.32 – $665.25
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $3,222.05 $357.78 – $3,236.92
HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL PLANTATION $14,056.00 $828.27 – $1,060.00
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando $6,309.00 $364.32 – $965.45
Adventhealth Riverview Riverview $3,301.19 not published
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $5,139.33 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring $3,907.88 $373.43 – $827.96

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