Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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.

$1.78 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $76.63 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 $1.78
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2.72
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2.72
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.95
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.95
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.95
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2.95
AvMed HIX $3.02
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $3.02
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $5.82
United OptionsPPO $6.20
Molina MGMCR $7.18
AvMed HMOFI $8.32
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $8.69
Humana TRICARE $8.96
CareSource Tricare $9.24
AvMed ASOEO $9.45
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $9.64
Devoted Health MCR $9.89
Aetna MCR $9.89
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89
United MGMCD $9.89
WellMed MCR $9.89
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $9.89
Sunshine State MCR $9.89
United VA CCN FED $9.89
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $10.09
United MCR $10.09
BCBS MCRPPO $10.09
BCBS MGMCRHMO $10.09
Molina HIX $10.21
WellCare MCR $10.38
BayCare Health Plans MCR $10.38
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.38
American Health Plan MCR $10.48
Align Senior Care MCR $10.58
Humana PPO $10.58
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.58
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $10.58
Humana HMO $10.58
SECUR MGMCR $10.68
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $10.78
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.88
Clear Spring Health MCR $10.88
Centurion LOGOV $10.88
CarePlus MGMCR $11.27
Aetna ASA $11.34
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.67
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.87
Oscar HIX $13.45
Solis Health Plan MCR $14.34
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $17.01
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $18.90
Plotkin Health COMM $18.90
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $18.90
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $28.35
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $28.35
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $28.35
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $32.13
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $34.78
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $37.34 $9.40 – $16.51
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $31.15 $9.89 – $21.96
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $31.29 $9.40 – $21.12
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $152.65 $9.89 – $21.96
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $25.77 $9.40 – $21.60
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $9.00 $7.91 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $65.67 $9.89 – $18.06
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