Puraply 1 sq cm 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.

$97.16 with Humana vs $3,138.95 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
Humana TRICARE $97.16
CareSource Tricare $100.17
BCBS MGMCRHMO $150.12
Aetna MCR $235.42
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $272.95
United AllPayerAppendix $273.35
BCBS SBN $279.78
BCBS MBN $279.78
Truli BSL $279.78
BCBS BSL $279.78
BCBS HMO $392.37
Truli PPO $416.25
BCBS NWB $433.31
BCBS PPO $433.31
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $525.43
United OptionsPPO $559.55
BCBS PHS $713.09
Aetna ASA $1,023.57
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,535.36
Plotkin Health COMM $1,705.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,705.95
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,705.95
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,558.93
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,558.93
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,558.93
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,900.11
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,138.95

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Puraply 1 sq cm at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $706.73 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $696.34 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $642.48 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $998.07 $129.95 – $237.30
martin north hospital Stuart $253.50 $110.37 – $292.50
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $25,043.20 $129.95 – $5,922.90
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $25,043.20 $129.95 – $5,922.90
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $8,437.65 $127.62 – $8,476.59

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