Blood Transfusion at HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$48.07 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $5,223.00 with BCBS — 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 $48.07 —
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $73.64 —
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $79.78 —
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $79.78 —
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $79.78 —
Optimum Healthcare PPO $79.78 —
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $81.83 —
AvMed HIX $81.83 —
Simply Healthcare HIX $129.90 —
Oscar HIX $153.43 —
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $157.52 —
Aetna QHP $162.63 —
United OptionsPPO $162.63 —
Cigna HMO $184.11 —
Cigna PPO $184.11 —
AvMed HMOFI $235.25 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $235.25 —
Aetna GatedCOMM $243.44 —
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $243.44 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $260.82 —
AvMed ASOEO $276.17 —
Humana HMO $296.62 —
Humana PPO $296.62 —
Aetna ASA $306.85 —
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $449.34 —
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $449.34 —
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $450.05 —
Prime Health WorkersComp $458.80 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $460.28 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $511.42 —
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $511.42 —
Plotkin Health COMM $511.42 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $767.13 —
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $767.13 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $767.13 —
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $869.41 —
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $941.01 —
Truli BSL $1,575.00 —
BCBS BSL $1,669.00 —
BCBS SBN $1,669.00 —
BCBS MBN $1,669.00 —
Molina MGMCR $1,950.00 —
Truli PPO $2,139.00 —
BCBS HMO $2,257.00 —
BCBS NWB $2,267.00 —
BCBS PPO $2,267.00 —
Molina HIX $2,702.00 —
United AllPayerAppendix $2,708.00 —
BCBS PHS $5,223.00 —

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Blood Transfusion at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,115.35 $437.67 – $768.92
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,375.26 $460.71 – $1,022.77
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,931.76 $437.67 – $984.03
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,082.72 $460.71 – $1,022.77
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,278.35 $437.67 – $1,006.42
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,283.02 $460.71 – $841.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,042.95 $27.55 – $2,671.55
martin north hospital Stuart $2,042.95 $26.08 – $1,571.50

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