Diathermy eg microwave 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.

$6.77 with Humana vs $479.03 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
Humana TRICARE $6.77
CareSource Tricare $6.98
United MGMCD $7.30
Devoted Health MCR $7.30
United VA CCN FED $7.30
Sunshine State MCR $7.30
Aetna MCR $7.30
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $7.30
WellMed MCR $7.30
United MCR $7.45
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.45
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.45
BCBS MCRPPO $7.45
WellCare MCR $7.67
BayCare Health Plans MCR $7.67
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.67
American Health Plan MCR $7.74
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.81
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $7.81
Align Senior Care MCR $7.81
SECUR MGMCR $7.88
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $7.96
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.03
Centurion LOGOV $8.03
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.03
CarePlus MGMCR $8.32
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.50
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $9.50
Prime Health WorkersComp $9.70
Solis Health Plan MCR $10.58
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $24.47
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $37.49
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $37.49
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $40.61
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $40.61
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $40.61
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $40.61
AvMed HIX $41.66
Simply Healthcare HIX $66.13
Oscar HIX $78.10
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $80.19
United OptionsPPO $85.39
Cigna HMO $93.72
Cigna PPO $93.72
Molina MGMCR $98.93
AvMed HMOFI $114.55
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $119.76
AvMed ASOEO $130.17
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $132.78
Molina HIX $140.59
Humana PPO $145.79
Humana HMO $145.79
Aetna ASA $156.21
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $234.31
Plotkin Health COMM $260.35
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $260.35
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $260.35
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $390.52
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $390.52
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $390.52
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $442.59
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $479.03
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Diathermy eg microwave at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $7.30 – $12.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $7.68 – $17.05
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $7.68 – $17.05
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach not published $7.30 – $16.78
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $5.84 – $9.70
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston not published $9.28 – $18.91
martin north hospital Stuart not published $9.28 – $22.69
indian river hospital Vero Beach not published $9.28 – $18.91

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