Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$747.25

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.

$747.25

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.

$35.12 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $687.47 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 $35.12 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $53.80 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $53.80 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $58.29 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $58.29 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $58.29 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $58.29 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $59.78 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $59.78 ↓ -92%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $69.21 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $69.21 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WorkersComp $70.66 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare HIX $94.90 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $112.09 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $115.08 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $122.55 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $141.98 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -80%
AvMed HMOFI $164.40 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $171.87 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $186.81 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $190.55 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $201.76 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $209.23 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $209.23 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $224.18 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $336.26 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $373.63 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $373.63 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $410.99 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $560.44 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $597.80 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $597.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $635.16 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $687.47 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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