X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) 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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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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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.

$61.45 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $1,202.84 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

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 $61.45
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $94.14
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $94.14
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $101.98
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $101.98
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $101.98
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $101.98
AvMed HIX $104.60
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $201.35
United OptionsPPO $214.42
Molina MGMCR $248.41
AvMed HMOFI $287.64
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $300.71
AvMed ASOEO $326.86
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $333.40
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $340.17
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $340.17
Prime Health WorkersComp $347.33
Molina HIX $353.01
Humana PPO $366.08
Humana HMO $366.08
Aetna ASA $392.23
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $588.35
Plotkin Health COMM $653.72
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $653.72
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $653.72
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $980.58
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $980.58
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $980.58
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,111.32
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,202.84
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $330.47 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $330.66 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $986.70 $76.59 – $201.75
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $944.94 $80.04 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $545.35 $6.96 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $494.00 $6.23 – $380.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $494.00 $6.39 – $608.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $408.20 $35.25 – $565.20

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