Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$91.84

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.

$91.84

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.

$4.32 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $160.23 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 $4.32 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $6.61 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $6.61 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $7.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $7.16 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $7.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $7.16 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $7.35 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $7.35 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.66 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $13.78 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $14.14 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $15.06 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $17.45 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $20.20 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $21.12 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $22.96 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $23.42 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -73%
Molina HIX $24.80 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $25.72 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $25.72 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $27.55 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $41.33 ↓ -55%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $45.92 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $45.92 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $45.92 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $68.88 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $68.88 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $68.88 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $78.06 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $84.49 ↓ -8%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↑ +71%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↑ +71%
Prime Health WorkersComp $160.23 ↑ +74%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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