Specimen fat stain 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.

$15.00

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.

$0.70 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $94.55 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 $0.70 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.08 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.08 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.17 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.17 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.17 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.17 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.20 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.31 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2.46 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $2.85 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $3.30 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.45 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $3.75 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.83 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4.05 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $4.20 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $4.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.50 ↓ -70%
Humana TRICARE $5.33 ↓ -64%
CareSource Tricare $5.49 ↓ -63%
WellMed MCR $5.88 ↓ -61%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $5.88 ↓ -61%
Aetna MCR $5.88 ↓ -61%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.88 ↓ -61%
United MGMCD $5.88 ↓ -61%
United VA CCN FED $5.88 ↓ -61%
Devoted Health MCR $5.88 ↓ -61%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.00 ↓ -60%
United MCR $6.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.00 ↓ -60%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.00 ↓ -60%
Sunshine State MCR $6.17 ↓ -59%
WellCare MCR $6.17 ↓ -59%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $6.17 ↓ -59%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.17 ↓ -59%
American Health Plan MCR $6.23 ↓ -58%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $6.29 ↓ -58%
Align Senior Care MCR $6.29 ↓ -58%
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.29 ↓ -58%
SECUR MGMCR $6.35 ↓ -58%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $6.41 ↓ -57%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.47 ↓ -57%
Clear Spring Health MCR $6.47 ↓ -57%
Centurion LOGOV $6.47 ↓ -57%
CarePlus MGMCR $6.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.75 ↓ -55%
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.94 ↓ -54%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.06 ↓ -53%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7.50 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $8.00 ↓ -47%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $8.25 ↓ -45%
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.53 ↓ -43%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11.25 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $12.00 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $12.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $12.75 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $13.80 ↓ -8%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $92.60 ↑ +517%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $92.60 ↑ +517%
Prime Health WorkersComp $94.55 ↑ +530%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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