Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL

6500 38TH AVENUE, NORTH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1518911031

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.

$245.18 with United vs $5,332.36 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 $245.18
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $272.41
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $417.31
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $417.31
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $452.09
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $452.09
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $452.09
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $452.09
AvMed HIX $463.68
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $892.59
United OptionsPPO $950.55
Molina MGMCR $1,101.25
AvMed HMOFI $1,275.13
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $1,387.97
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,387.97
Prime Health WorkersComp $1,417.19
AvMed ASOEO $1,449.01
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,477.99
Molina HIX $1,564.93
Humana PPO $1,622.89
Humana HMO $1,622.89
Aetna ASA $1,738.81
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,608.22
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2,898.02
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,898.02
Plotkin Health COMM $2,898.02
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $4,347.03
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $4,347.03
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $4,347.03
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4,926.63
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $5,332.36
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,742.43 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,511.87 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,404.33 $103.72 – $321.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,248.15 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,957.99 $103.72 – $308.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,309.32 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $828.10 $33.52 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $828.10 $30.00 – $459.00

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