IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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.

$40.75 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $797.69 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 $40.75
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $62.43
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $62.43
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $67.63
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $67.63
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $67.63
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $67.63
AvMed HIX $69.36
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $72.20
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $72.20
Prime Health WorkersComp $73.72
Simply Healthcare HIX $110.12
Oscar HIX $130.06
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $133.53
Aetna QHP $137.86
United OptionsPPO $142.20
Cigna PPO $156.07
Cigna HMO $156.07
Molina MGMCR $164.74
AvMed HMOFI $190.75
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $195.95
Aetna GatedCOMM $195.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $199.42
AvMed ASOEO $216.76
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $221.10
Molina HIX $234.10
Humana PPO $242.77
Humana HMO $242.77
Aetna ASA $260.12
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $390.17
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $433.52
Plotkin Health COMM $433.52
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $433.52
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $650.29
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $650.29
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $650.29
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $736.99
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $797.69

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $965.64 $211.02 – $370.72
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,563.84 $222.12 – $493.11
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $976.31 $211.02 – $474.43
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $964.75 $222.12 – $493.11
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $792.51 $211.02 – $485.22
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,390.46 $222.12 – $405.59
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $273.65 $45.70 – $357.85
martin north hospital Stuart $1,181.70 $45.70 – $909.00

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