Amino acid single qual 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

$25.00

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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.

$25.00

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.

$1.18 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $76.63 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 $1.18 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.80 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.80 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.95 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.95 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.95 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.95 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $2.00 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $2.00 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3.85 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $4.10 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $4.75 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $5.50 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $5.75 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $6.25 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.38 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $6.75 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $7.00 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $7.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $7.50 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $11.25 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $12.50 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $12.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $12.50 ↓ -50%
Humana TRICARE $12.85 ↓ -49%
CareSource Tricare $13.25 ↓ -47%
WellMed MCR $14.18 ↓ -43%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.18 ↓ -43%
United MGMCD $14.18 ↓ -43%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $14.18 ↓ -43%
Sunshine State MCR $14.18 ↓ -43%
Devoted Health MCR $14.18 ↓ -43%
United VA CCN FED $14.18 ↓ -43%
Aetna MCR $14.18 ↓ -43%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.46 ↓ -42%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.46 ↓ -42%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.46 ↓ -42%
United MCR $14.46 ↓ -42%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $14.89 ↓ -40%
WellCare MCR $14.89 ↓ -40%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.89 ↓ -40%
American Health Plan MCR $15.03 ↓ -40%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $15.17 ↓ -39%
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.17 ↓ -39%
Align Senior Care MCR $15.17 ↓ -39%
SECUR MGMCR $15.31 ↓ -39%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $15.46 ↓ -38%
Centurion LOGOV $15.60 ↓ -38%
Clear Spring Health MCR $15.60 ↓ -38%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $15.60 ↓ -38%
CarePlus MGMCR $16.17 ↓ -35%
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.73 ↓ -33%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.02 ↓ -32%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $18.75 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $18.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $18.75 ↓ -25%
Oscar HIX $19.28 ↓ -23%
Solis Health Plan MCR $20.56 ↓ -18%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $21.25 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $23.00 ↓ -8%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +200%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +200%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↑ +207%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $16.55 $12.85 – $76.63
HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL Sebring $44.00 $14.18 – $69.27
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HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART $42.00 $14.11 – $78.66
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