Ph body fluid 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.

$0.43 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $55.74 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $0.43
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.66
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.66
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.72
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $0.72
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.72
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.72
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $0.73
AvMed HIX $0.73
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.41
United OptionsPPO $1.50
Molina MGMCR $1.74
AvMed HMOFI $2.02
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2.11
AvMed ASOEO $2.29
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.34
Molina HIX $2.48
Humana HMO $2.57
Humana PPO $2.57
Aetna ASA $2.75
Humana TRICARE $3.25
CareSource Tricare $3.35
Devoted Health MCR $3.58
Aetna MCR $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
United MGMCD $3.58
WellMed MCR $3.58
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $3.58
Sunshine State MCR $3.58
United VA CCN FED $3.58
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $3.65
BCBS MCRPPO $3.65
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.65
United MCR $3.65
WellCare MCR $3.76
BayCare Health Plans MCR $3.76
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $3.76
American Health Plan MCR $3.79
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $3.83
Florida Complete Care MCR $3.83
Align Senior Care MCR $3.83
SECUR MGMCR $3.87
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $3.90
Clear Spring Health MCR $3.94
Centurion LOGOV $3.94
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $3.94
CarePlus MGMCR $4.08
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.13
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.22
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.30
Plotkin Health COMM $4.58
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4.58
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $4.58
Oscar HIX $4.87
Solis Health Plan MCR $5.19
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $6.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $6.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $6.88
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $7.79
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $8.44
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $54.59
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $54.59
Prime Health WorkersComp $55.74
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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