Culture screening strep group a 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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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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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.

$1.27 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $78.62 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 $1.27
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.95
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.95
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.12
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.12
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.12
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.12
AvMed HIX $2.17
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $2.17
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $4.18
United OptionsPPO $4.45
Molina MGMCR $5.15
AvMed HMOFI $5.97
Humana TRICARE $6.01
CareSource Tricare $6.20
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $6.24
Devoted Health MCR $6.63
Aetna MCR $6.63
United AllPayerAppendix $6.63
United MGMCD $6.63
WellMed MCR $6.63
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $6.63
Sunshine State MCR $6.63
United VA CCN FED $6.63
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.76
BCBS MCRPPO $6.76
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.76
United MCR $6.76
AvMed ASOEO $6.78
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.92
BayCare Health Plans MCR $6.96
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.96
WellCare MCR $6.96
American Health Plan MCR $7.03
Align Senior Care MCR $7.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $7.09
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.09
SECUR MGMCR $7.16
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $7.23
Centurion LOGOV $7.29
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.29
Clear Spring Health MCR $7.29
Molina HIX $7.32
CarePlus MGMCR $7.56
Humana HMO $7.59
Humana PPO $7.59
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.82
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.96
Aetna ASA $8.14
Oscar HIX $9.02
Solis Health Plan MCR $9.61
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $12.20
Plotkin Health COMM $13.56
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $13.56
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $13.56
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $20.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $20.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $20.34
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $23.05
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $24.95
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.00
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $77.00
Prime Health WorkersComp $78.62
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Culture screening strep group a at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $325.80 $6.30 – $11.07
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $358.37 $6.63 – $14.72
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $325.80 $6.30 – $14.16
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $192.83 $6.63 – $14.72
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $303.24 $6.30 – $14.48
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $49.24 $6.63 – $12.11
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $118.30 $2.78 – $16.15
martin north hospital Stuart $118.30 $2.78 – $79.00

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