Contrast x-ray of ankle 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

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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.

$191.37 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $3,745.92 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

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 $191.37
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $293.16
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $293.16
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $317.59
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $317.59
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $317.59
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $317.59
AvMed HIX $325.73
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $549.24
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $549.24
Prime Health WorkersComp $560.81
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $627.03
United OptionsPPO $667.75
Molina MGMCR $773.61
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
AvMed HMOFI $895.76
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $936.48
AvMed ASOEO $1,017.91
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,038.27
Molina HIX $1,099.35
Humana PPO $1,140.06
Humana HMO $1,140.06
Aetna ASA $1,221.49
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,832.24
Plotkin Health COMM $2,035.83
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $2,035.83
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2,239.41
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $3,053.74
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $3,257.32
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $3,257.32
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,460.90
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3,745.92
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of ankle at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $781.01 $346.11 – $1,140.93
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,142.40 $24.16 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $21.62 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $140.40 $22.44 – $400.75
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $612.30 $73.69 – $847.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $612.30 $73.69 – $847.80
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $549.90 $304.56 – $574.12
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $612.30 $71.44 – $847.80

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