Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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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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.

$390.32 with BCBS vs $8,161.32 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
BCBS MGMCRHMO $390.32
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $416.94
Aetna MCR $612.10
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $638.71
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $638.71
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $691.94
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $691.94
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $691.94
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $691.94
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $709.68
AvMed HIX $709.68
BCBS BSL $727.42
Truli BSL $727.42
BCBS SBN $727.42
BCBS MBN $727.42
BCBS HMO $1,020.16
Truli PPO $1,082.26
BCBS PPO $1,126.62
BCBS NWB $1,126.62
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,126.62
Oscar HIX $1,330.65
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1,366.13
United OptionsPPO $1,454.84
Cigna HMO $1,596.78
Cigna PPO $1,596.78
Molina MGMCR $1,685.49
BCBS PHS $1,854.04
AvMed HMOFI $1,951.62
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2,040.33
AvMed ASOEO $2,217.75
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,262.11
Molina HIX $2,395.17
Humana PPO $2,483.88
Humana HMO $2,483.88
Aetna ASA $2,661.30
United AllPayerAppendix $3,081.38
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,991.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $4,435.50
Plotkin Health COMM $4,435.50
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,435.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $6,653.25
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $6,653.25
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $6,653.25
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $7,540.35
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $8,161.32
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $921.31 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,364.15 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,904.81 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,930.72 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,676.13 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $4,672.20 not published
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $6,817.20 $1,097.04 – $2,501.88
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $1,547.28 $1,483.70 – $3,781.38

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