Chest apical lordotic proj 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.

$177.83 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $3,480.89 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $177.83
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $272.42
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $272.42
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $295.12
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $295.12
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $295.12
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $295.12
AvMed HIX $302.69
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $582.67
United OptionsPPO $620.51
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $625.76
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $625.76
Prime Health WorkersComp $638.93
Molina MGMCR $718.88
AvMed HMOFI $832.39
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $870.22
AvMed ASOEO $945.89
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $964.81
Molina HIX $1,021.57
Humana PPO $1,059.40
Humana HMO $1,059.40
Aetna ASA $1,135.07
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,702.61
Plotkin Health COMM $1,891.79
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,891.79
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,891.79
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,837.68
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,837.68
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,837.68
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,216.04
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,480.89
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,403.50 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,223.00 $90.88 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,557.73 $86.33 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,291.86 $90.88 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $601.97 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,138.66 $90.88 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $571.35 $12.86 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $571.35 $13.07 – $380.00

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