Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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

$11,971.18

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$11,971.18

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.

$562.65 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $11,013.49 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 $562.65 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $861.92 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $861.92 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $933.75 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $933.75 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $933.75 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $933.75 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $957.69 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1,843.56 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,963.27 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,056.62 ↓ -83%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,056.62 ↓ -83%
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,099.91 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $2,274.52 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $2,633.66 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2,753.37 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $2,992.80 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,052.65 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $3,232.22 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $3,351.93 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $3,351.93 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $3,591.35 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $5,387.03 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $5,985.59 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $5,985.59 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $5,985.59 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $8,978.39 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $8,978.39 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $8,978.39 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $10,175.50 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $11,013.49 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $3,048.97 $396.60 – $696.76
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,539.47 $417.47 – $926.79
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,825.46 $396.60 – $891.68
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $4,998.76 $417.47 – $926.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,225.86 $396.60 – $911.97
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,140.22 $417.47 – $762.31
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,479.10 $32.67 – $2,946.10
martin north hospital Stuart $2,252.90 $29.23 – $1,733.00

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