Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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.

$0.57 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $98.52 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 $0.57
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.88
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.88
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.95
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.95
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.95
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.95
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $0.98
AvMed HIX $0.98
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.88
United OptionsPPO $2.00
Molina MGMCR $2.32
AvMed HMOFI $2.69
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2.81
AvMed ASOEO $3.06
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.12
Molina HIX $3.30
Humana HMO $3.42
Humana PPO $3.42
Aetna ASA $3.67
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $5.50
Plotkin Health COMM $6.11
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $6.11
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $6.11
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $9.16
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $9.16
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $9.16
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $10.39
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $11.24
Humana TRICARE $15.20
CareSource Tricare $15.67
Aetna MCR $16.77
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77
Devoted Health MCR $16.77
United VA CCN FED $16.77
WellMed MCR $16.77
United MGMCD $16.77
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $16.77
Sunshine State MCR $16.77
United MCR $17.11
BCBS MCRPPO $17.11
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.11
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $17.11
WellCare MCR $17.61
BayCare Health Plans MCR $17.61
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.61
American Health Plan MCR $17.78
Align Senior Care MCR $17.94
Florida Complete Care MCR $17.94
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $17.94
SECUR MGMCR $18.11
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $18.28
Centurion LOGOV $18.45
Clear Spring Health MCR $18.45
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.45
CarePlus MGMCR $19.12
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.79
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.12
Oscar HIX $22.81
Solis Health Plan MCR $24.32
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $96.49
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $96.49
Prime Health WorkersComp $98.52
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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