Creatine - sendout 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.

$0.47 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $76.63 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 $0.47 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.72 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.72 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.78 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.78 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.78 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.78 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $0.80 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $0.80 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.54 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1.64 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $1.90 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $2.20 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2.30 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $2.50 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.55 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $2.70 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2.80 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $2.80 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $3.00 ↓ -70%
Humana TRICARE $4.21 ↓ -58%
CareSource Tricare $4.34 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.50 ↓ -55%
Devoted Health MCR $4.64 ↓ -54%
Aetna MCR $4.64 ↓ -54%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64 ↓ -54%
United MGMCD $4.64 ↓ -54%
WellMed MCR $4.64 ↓ -54%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $4.64 ↓ -54%
Sunshine State MCR $4.64 ↓ -54%
United VA CCN FED $4.64 ↓ -54%
United MCR $4.73 ↓ -53%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.73 ↓ -53%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.73 ↓ -53%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.73 ↓ -53%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $4.87 ↓ -51%
WellCare MCR $4.87 ↓ -51%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.87 ↓ -51%
American Health Plan MCR $4.92 ↓ -51%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $4.96 ↓ -50%
Align Senior Care MCR $4.96 ↓ -50%
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.96 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $5.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $5.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $5.00 ↓ -50%
SECUR MGMCR $5.01 ↓ -50%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $5.06 ↓ -49%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.10 ↓ -49%
Clear Spring Health MCR $5.10 ↓ -49%
Centurion LOGOV $5.10 ↓ -49%
CarePlus MGMCR $5.29 ↓ -47%
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.48 ↓ -45%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.57 ↓ -44%
Oscar HIX $6.31 ↓ -37%
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.73 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $7.50 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $7.50 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $7.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8.50 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $9.20 ↓ -8%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +651%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +651%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↑ +666%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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