Cholesterol 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.

$0.56 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $22.89 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 $0.56
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.86
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.86
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.94
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.94
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.94
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.94
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $0.96
AvMed HIX $0.96
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.85
United OptionsPPO $1.97
Molina MGMCR $2.28
AvMed HMOFI $2.64
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2.76
AvMed ASOEO $3.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.06
Molina HIX $3.24
Humana HMO $3.36
Humana PPO $3.36
Aetna ASA $3.60
Humana TRICARE $3.94
CareSource Tricare $4.06
Devoted Health MCR $4.35
Aetna MCR $4.35
United AllPayerAppendix $4.35
United MGMCD $4.35
WellMed MCR $4.35
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $4.35
Sunshine State MCR $4.35
United VA CCN FED $4.35
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.44
BCBS MCRPPO $4.44
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.44
United MCR $4.44
WellCare MCR $4.57
BayCare Health Plans MCR $4.57
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.57
American Health Plan MCR $4.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $4.65
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.65
Align Senior Care MCR $4.65
SECUR MGMCR $4.70
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $4.74
Clear Spring Health MCR $4.79
Centurion LOGOV $4.79
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.79
CarePlus MGMCR $4.96
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.13
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.22
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $5.40
Oscar HIX $5.92
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $6.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $6.00
Plotkin Health COMM $6.00
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.31
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $9.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $9.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $9.00
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $10.20
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $11.04
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $22.42
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.42
Prime Health WorkersComp $22.89
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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