Contrast exam thoracic aorta at HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL
6500 38TH AVENUE, NORTH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1518911031
$793.76
Cash price 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.
$793.76
Gross charge 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.
$37.31 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $6,438.74 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $37.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $57.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $57.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $61.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $61.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $61.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $61.91 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $63.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $122.24 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $130.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $150.81 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $174.63 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $182.56 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $198.44 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $202.41 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $214.32 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $222.25 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | HMO | $222.25 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $238.13 | ↓ -70% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $313.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $313.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $320.46 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $357.19 | ↓ -55% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $396.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $396.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $396.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $595.32 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $595.32 | ↓ -25% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $595.32 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $674.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $730.26 | ↓ -8% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↑ +711% |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $14,290.40 | $3,297.29 – $6,020.85 |
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| martin north hospital | Stuart | $17,646.20 | $18.69 – $13,574.00 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $3,732.95 | $173.17 – $5,168.70 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $3,732.95 | $959.00 – $5,168.70 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $3,732.95 | $1,005.03 – $5,168.70 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $3,732.95 | $999.28 – $5,168.70 |
| Homestead Hospital | HOMESTEAD | $3,732.95 | $167.89 – $5,168.70 |