Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination 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

$2,204.62

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.

$2,204.62

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.

$24.67 with United vs $2,028.25 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 $24.67 ↓ -99%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $103.62 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $158.73 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $158.73 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $171.96 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $171.96 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $171.96 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $171.96 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $176.37 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $219.31 ↓ -90%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $219.31 ↓ -90%
Prime Health WorkersComp $223.92 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare HIX $279.99 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $330.69 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $339.51 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $361.56 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $418.88 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $485.02 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $507.06 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $551.15 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $562.18 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $595.25 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $617.29 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $617.29 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $661.39 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $992.08 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,102.31 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,102.31 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,212.54 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,653.46 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,763.70 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,763.70 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,873.93 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,028.25 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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