Nerve teasing preparations 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

$190.40

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.

$190.40

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.

$8.95 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $656.15 with United — 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 $8.95 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $13.71 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $13.71 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $14.85 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $14.85 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $14.85 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $14.85 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $15.23 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $15.23 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.18 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $28.56 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $29.32 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $31.23 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $36.18 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $41.89 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $43.79 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $47.60 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $48.55 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $51.41 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $53.31 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $53.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $57.12 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $85.68 ↓ -55%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $95.20 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $95.20 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $95.20 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $142.80 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $142.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $142.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $161.84 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $175.17 ↓ -8%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↑ +46%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $278.77 ↑ +46%
Prime Health WorkersComp $284.64 ↑ +49%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↑ +245%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Nerve teasing preparations at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,324.35 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,213.67 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,174.00 $274.61 – $656.15
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Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $981.50 $181.00 – $986.03
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $288.85 $278.77 – $656.15
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