St evaluation swallow function 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.

$31.59 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $618.39 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 $31.59
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $48.40
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $48.40
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $52.43
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $52.43
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $52.43
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $52.43
AvMed HIX $53.77
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $77.90
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.90
Humana TRICARE $79.20
Prime Health WorkersComp $79.54
CareSource Tricare $81.65
WellMed MCR $83.20
United VA CCN FED $83.20
Devoted Health MCR $83.20
Sunshine State MCR $83.20
Aetna MCR $83.20
United MGMCD $83.20
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $83.20
BCBS MGMCRHMO $84.86
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $84.86
United MCR $84.86
BCBS MCRPPO $84.86
Simply Healthcare HIX $85.36
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $87.36
WellCare MCR $87.36
BayCare Health Plans MCR $87.36
American Health Plan MCR $88.19
Florida Complete Care MCR $89.02
Align Senior Care MCR $89.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $89.02
SECUR MGMCR $89.86
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $90.69
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $91.52
Centurion LOGOV $91.52
Clear Spring Health MCR $91.52
CarePlus MGMCR $94.85
Longevity Health Plan MCR $99.84
Oscar HIX $100.82
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $103.51
Aetna QHP $106.87
United OptionsPPO $110.23
Solis Health Plan MCR $120.64
Cigna HMO $120.99
Cigna PPO $120.99
Molina MGMCR $127.71
AvMed HMOFI $147.88
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $151.91
Aetna GatedCOMM $151.91
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $154.60
AvMed ASOEO $168.04
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $171.40
Molina HIX $181.48
Humana PPO $188.20
Humana HMO $188.20
Aetna ASA $201.65
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $302.47
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $336.08
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $336.08
Plotkin Health COMM $336.08
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $504.12
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $504.12
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $504.12
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $571.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $618.39

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St evaluation swallow function at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $426.39 $55.93 – $98.25
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $615.21 $58.87 – $130.69
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $575.86 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $612.12 $58.87 – $130.69
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $443.24 $55.93 – $128.60
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,544.00 $66.56 – $99.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $829.68 not published
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