Injection epidural blood patch or clot 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.

$1,421.11 with CorVel Corporation vs $7,480.00 with Cigna — 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,421.11
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $1,421.11
Prime Health WorkersComp $1,451.03
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $1,638.00
BCBS SBN $1,810.00
Truli BSL $1,810.00
BCBS BSL $1,810.00
BCBS MBN $1,810.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,824.00
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,950.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,950.00
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,950.00
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,950.00
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,950.00
Molina MGMCR $1,950.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,950.00
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $2,000.00
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,250.00
BCBS HMO $2,505.00
Truli PPO $2,671.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,671.00
Molina HIX $2,702.00
BCBS NWB $2,831.00
BCBS PPO $2,831.00
Oscar HIX $3,178.00
BCBS PHS $5,509.00
Cigna PPO $7,480.00
Cigna HMO $7,480.00

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Injection epidural blood patch or clot at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $684.71 $700.28 – $1,230.28
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,909.76 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $613.74 $700.28 – $1,574.45
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,170.13 $401.00 – $1,636.44
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,292.94 $700.28 – $1,610.28
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $4,100.75 $737.14 – $1,346.01
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,882.45 $54.42 – $5,077.05
martin north hospital Stuart $3,882.45 $87.24 – $2,986.50

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