Carotene at HCA FLORIDA NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL

6000 49TH STREET NORTH, ST PETERSBURG, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1205880945

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$24.42

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.

$24.42

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.

$1.15 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 $1.15 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.76 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.76 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.90 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.90 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.90 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.90 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $1.95 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.95 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3.76 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $4.00 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $4.64 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $5.37 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $5.62 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $6.11 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.23 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $6.59 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $6.84 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $6.84 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $7.33 ↓ -70%
Humana TRICARE $8.36 ↓ -66%
CareSource Tricare $8.62 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health MCR $9.22 ↓ -62%
Aetna MCR $9.22 ↓ -62%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.22 ↓ -62%
United MGMCD $9.22 ↓ -62%
WellMed MCR $9.22 ↓ -62%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $9.22 ↓ -62%
Sunshine State MCR $9.22 ↓ -62%
United VA CCN FED $9.22 ↓ -62%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $9.40 ↓ -62%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.40 ↓ -62%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.40 ↓ -62%
United MCR $9.40 ↓ -62%
WellCare MCR $9.68 ↓ -60%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $9.68 ↓ -60%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.68 ↓ -60%
American Health Plan MCR $9.77 ↓ -60%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.87 ↓ -60%
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.87 ↓ -60%
Align Senior Care MCR $9.87 ↓ -60%
SECUR MGMCR $9.96 ↓ -59%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $10.05 ↓ -59%
Clear Spring Health MCR $10.14 ↓ -58%
Centurion LOGOV $10.14 ↓ -58%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.14 ↓ -58%
CarePlus MGMCR $10.51 ↓ -57%
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.88 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $10.99 ↓ -55%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.06 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $12.21 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $12.21 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $12.54 ↓ -49%
Solis Health Plan MCR $13.37 ↓ -45%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $13.43 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $18.32 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $19.54 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $19.54 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $20.76 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $22.47 ↓ -8%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +207%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $75.05 ↑ +207%
Prime Health WorkersComp $76.63 ↑ +214%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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