X-ray thoracic spine 2 views 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.

$207.29 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $4,057.61 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $207.29
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $317.55
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $317.55
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $344.02
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $344.02
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $344.02
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $344.02
AvMed HIX $352.84
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $498.08
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $498.08
Prime Health WorkersComp $508.56
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $679.21
United OptionsPPO $723.31
Molina MGMCR $837.99
AvMed HMOFI $970.30
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1,014.40
AvMed ASOEO $1,102.61
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,124.66
Molina HIX $1,190.82
Humana PPO $1,234.93
Humana HMO $1,234.93
Aetna ASA $1,323.13
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,984.70
Plotkin Health COMM $2,205.22
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,205.22
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2,425.75
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $3,307.84
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $3,528.36
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $3,528.36
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,748.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $4,057.61
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $549.60 $94.39 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,520.44 $77.67 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $270.00 $85.22 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,187.03 $76.59 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $624.60 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,654.43 $80.04 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $653.90 $9.24 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $653.90 $8.26 – $459.00

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