Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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.

$29.38 with Suncoast Neighborly Care vs $409.50 with Humana — 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
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $29.38
BCBS SBN $30.11
BCBS MBN $30.11
Truli BSL $30.11
BCBS BSL $30.11
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.90
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $39.90
Prime Health WorkersComp $40.74
BCBS HMO $42.23
Truli PPO $44.80
BCBS PPO $46.63
BCBS NWB $46.63
Simply Healthcare HIX $46.63
Oscar HIX $55.08
Aetna QHP $58.38
United OptionsPPO $60.22
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $68.74
BCBS PHS $76.74
Aetna GatedCOMM $82.99
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $82.99
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $93.64
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $105.30
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $105.30
Aetna ASA $110.16
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $114.07
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $114.07
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $114.07
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $114.07
AvMed HIX $117.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $165.24
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $183.60
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $183.60
Plotkin Health COMM $183.60
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $225.22
Cigna PPO $263.25
Cigna HMO $263.25
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $275.40
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $275.40
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $275.40
Molina MGMCR $277.87
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $312.12
AvMed HMOFI $321.75
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $336.37
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $337.82
AvMed ASOEO $365.62
Molina HIX $394.87
Humana PPO $409.50
Humana HMO $409.50

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $196.20 $211.02 – $370.72
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,563.84 $222.12 – $493.11
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $198.37 $211.02 – $474.43
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $479.72 $222.12 – $493.11
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $803.95 $222.12 – $405.59
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