Pet image full body 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

$16,644.76

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.

$16,644.76

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.

$782.30 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $15,313.18 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 $782.30 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,198.42 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,198.42 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,298.29 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,298.29 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,298.29 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,298.29 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1,980.00 ↓ -88%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,056.62 ↓ -88%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,056.62 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,099.91 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2,563.29 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2,729.74 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $3,162.50 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,330.77 ↓ -80%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,244.41 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHP $4,381.00 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4,494.09 ↓ -73%
AvMed HMOFI $4,735.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4,993.43 ↓ -70%
AvMed ASOEO $5,200.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $6,744.00 ↓ -59%
Aetna GatedCOMM $6,744.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,490.14 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $8,322.38 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $8,322.38 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $8,322.38 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $12,483.57 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $12,483.57 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $12,483.57 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $14,148.05 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $15,313.18 ↓ -8%

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