X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw 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

$3,390.73

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.

$3,390.73

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.

$159.36 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $3,119.47 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 $159.36 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $244.13 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $244.13 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $264.48 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $264.48 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $264.48 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $264.48 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $271.26 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $522.17 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $556.08 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $644.24 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $745.96 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $779.87 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $847.68 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $864.64 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $915.50 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $949.40 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $949.40 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,017.22 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,525.83 ↓ -55%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,695.37 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,695.37 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,695.37 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,741.79 ↓ -49%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $1,741.79 ↓ -49%
Prime Health WorkersComp $1,778.46 ↓ -48%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2,543.05 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2,543.05 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $2,543.05 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,882.12 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,119.47 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $590.09 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,122.33 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $613.43 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,120.93 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $748.58 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,222.14 $109.17 – $199.35
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