X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 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

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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.

$111.23 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $2,177.35 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 $111.23
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $170.40
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $170.40
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $184.60
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $184.60
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $184.60
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $184.60
AvMed HIX $189.33
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $364.47
United OptionsPPO $388.14
Molina MGMCR $449.67
AvMed HMOFI $520.67
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $544.34
AvMed ASOEO $591.67
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $603.50
Molina HIX $639.00
Humana PPO $662.67
Humana HMO $662.67
Aetna ASA $710.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $801.20
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $801.20
Prime Health WorkersComp $818.07
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,065.01
Plotkin Health COMM $1,183.34
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $1,183.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,183.34
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,775.01
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,775.01
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,775.01
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,011.68
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2,177.35
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $592.00 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,434.88 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $922.17 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $431.61 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $880.05 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,247.67 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $659.75 $10.38 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $659.75 $9.28 – $459.00

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