Contrast x-ray gallbladder 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

$2,171.74

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.

$2,171.74

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.

$102.07 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $1,998.00 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 $102.07 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $156.37 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $156.37 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $169.40 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $169.40 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $169.40 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $169.40 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $173.74 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $334.45 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $356.17 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $412.63 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $477.78 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $499.50 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $542.93 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $553.79 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $586.37 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $608.09 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $608.09 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $651.52 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $798.28 ↓ -63%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $798.28 ↓ -63%
Prime Health WorkersComp $815.08 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $977.28 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,085.87 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,085.87 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,085.87 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,628.80 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,628.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,628.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,845.98 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,998.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,314.27 $167.61 – $305.71
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,243.79 $151.33 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,646.31 $136.01 – $429.66
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