Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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.

$0.46 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $87.58 with Prime Health — 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $0.46
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.71
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.71
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.77
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.77
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.77
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.77
AvMed HIX $0.79
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.52
United OptionsPPO $1.62
Molina MGMCR $1.88
AvMed HMOFI $2.17
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2.27
AvMed ASOEO $2.47
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.52
Molina HIX $2.66
Humana HMO $2.76
Humana PPO $2.76
Aetna ASA $2.96
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.44
Plotkin Health COMM $4.93
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4.93
Humana TRICARE $5.43
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $5.43
CareSource Tricare $5.60
WellMed MCR $5.99
Devoted Health MCR $5.99
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $5.99
United MGMCD $5.99
United AllPayerAppendix $5.99
Aetna MCR $5.99
United VA CCN FED $5.99
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.11
BCBS MCRPPO $6.11
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.11
United MCR $6.11
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.29
Sunshine State MCR $6.29
WellCare MCR $6.29
BayCare Health Plans MCR $6.29
American Health Plan MCR $6.35
Align Senior Care MCR $6.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $6.41
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.41
SECUR MGMCR $6.47
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $6.53
Centurion LOGOV $6.59
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.59
Clear Spring Health MCR $6.59
CarePlus MGMCR $6.83
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.07
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.19
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $7.40
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $7.90
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $7.90
Oscar HIX $8.15
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8.39
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.69
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $9.08
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $85.78
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $85.78
Prime Health WorkersComp $87.58
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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