Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$948.74

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.

$948.74

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.

$44.59 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $872.84 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 $44.59 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $54.15 ↓ -94%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $54.15 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WorkersComp $55.29 ↓ -94%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $68.31 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $68.31 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $74.00 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $74.00 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $74.00 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $74.00 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $75.90 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $75.90 ↓ -92%
BCBS BSL $77.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS MBN $77.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS SBN $77.80 ↓ -92%
Truli BSL $77.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $109.11 ↓ -88%
Truli PPO $115.75 ↓ -88%
BCBS NWB $120.49 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $120.49 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $120.49 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $142.31 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $146.11 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHP $150.85 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $155.59 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $170.77 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $170.77 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $180.26 ↓ -81%
BCBS PHS $198.29 ↓ -79%
AvMed HMOFI $208.72 ↓ -78%
Aetna GatedCOMM $214.42 ↓ -77%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $214.42 ↓ -77%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $218.21 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $237.19 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $241.93 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $256.16 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $265.65 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $265.65 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $284.62 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $426.93 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $474.37 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $474.37 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $474.37 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $711.55 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $711.55 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $711.55 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $806.43 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $872.84 ↓ -8%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.76 $131.99 – $231.89
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