Fluoroguide needle placement 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.

$133.40 with BCBS vs $2,789.38 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
BCBS MGMCRHMO $133.40
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $142.50
Aetna MCR $209.20
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $218.30
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $218.30
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $236.49
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $236.49
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $236.49
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $236.49
AvMed HIX $242.55
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $351.87
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $351.87
Prime Health WorkersComp $359.28
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $466.92
United OptionsPPO $497.24
Molina MGMCR $576.07
AvMed HMOFI $667.02
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $697.34
AvMed ASOEO $757.98
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $773.14
Molina HIX $818.62
Humana PPO $848.94
Humana HMO $848.94
Aetna ASA $909.58
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,364.37
Plotkin Health COMM $1,515.96
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,515.96
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,515.96
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,273.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,273.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,273.95
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,577.14
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,789.38
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,136.84 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $5,152.07 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,130.77 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $490.10 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,276.69 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $835.90 $23.16 – $890.80
martin north hospital Stuart $835.90 $20.72 – $524.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $681.20 $20.99 – $838.40

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