Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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.

$117.53 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $2,300.62 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 $117.53
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $136.80
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $136.80
Prime Health WorkersComp $139.68
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $180.05
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $180.05
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $195.05
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $195.05
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $195.05
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $195.05
AvMed HIX $200.05
Simply Healthcare HIX $317.59
Oscar HIX $375.10
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $385.10
United OptionsPPO $410.11
Cigna HMO $450.12
Cigna PPO $450.12
Molina MGMCR $475.13
AvMed HMOFI $550.15
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $575.15
AvMed ASOEO $625.17
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $637.67
Molina HIX $675.18
Humana HMO $700.19
Humana PPO $700.19
Aetna ASA $750.20
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,125.30
Plotkin Health COMM $1,250.34
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,250.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,250.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,875.50
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,875.50
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,875.50
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,125.57
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,300.62
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,965.18 $236.71 – $415.86
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,366.93 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,625.70 $236.71 – $532.20
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,206.60 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,109.08 $236.71 – $544.31
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $6,362.00 $136.80 – $139.68
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,968.54 $249.17 – $454.98
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