Cefotaxime sodium injection 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

$445.20

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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.

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$445.20

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.

$15.80 with United vs $409.58 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
United AllPayerAppendix $15.80 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $24.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $30.72 ↓ -93%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $35.62 ↓ -92%
BCBS BSL $38.73 ↓ -91%
Truli BSL $38.73 ↓ -91%
BCBS SBN $38.73 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $38.73 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $50.75 ↓ -89%
Truli PPO $54.76 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $56.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS NWB $56.99 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $68.56 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $73.01 ↓ -84%
BCBS PHS $93.49 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASA $133.56 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $200.34 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $222.60 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $222.60 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $244.86 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $333.90 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $356.16 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $356.16 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $378.42 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $409.58 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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