Mayo alcohol definitive assay volatile screen 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.

$0.63 with BCBS vs $138.33 with Prime Health — 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 $0.63
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $0.67
Aetna MCR $0.98
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.02
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.02
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.11
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.11
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.11
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.11
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $1.14
AvMed HIX $1.14
Simply Healthcare HIX $1.81
Oscar HIX $2.13
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.19
United OptionsPPO $2.33
Molina MGMCR $2.70
AvMed HMOFI $3.13
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.27
AvMed ASOEO $3.56
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.63
Molina HIX $3.84
Humana PPO $3.98
Humana HMO $3.98
Aetna ASA $4.27
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.40
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $7.12
Plotkin Health COMM $7.12
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7.12
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $10.67
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $10.67
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $10.67
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $12.10
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $13.09
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $135.48
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $135.48
Prime Health WorkersComp $138.33
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Mayo alcohol definitive assay volatile screen at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $96.74 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $434.13 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $103.89 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $138.94 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $132.68 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $83.48 not published
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