Culture body fluid 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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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.

$4.25 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $234.88 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 $4.25
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $6.51
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $6.51
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $7.05
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $7.05
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $7.05
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $7.05
AvMed HIX $7.23
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $7.23
Humana TRICARE $7.81
CareSource Tricare $8.05
WellMed MCR $8.62
Aetna MCR $8.62
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $8.62
Devoted Health MCR $8.62
United AllPayerAppendix $8.62
United MGMCD $8.62
United VA CCN FED $8.62
Sunshine State MCR $8.62
BCBS MCRPPO $8.79
United MCR $8.79
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.79
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.79
BayCare Health Plans MCR $9.05
WellCare MCR $9.05
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.05
American Health Plan MCR $9.14
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.22
Align Senior Care MCR $9.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.22
SECUR MGMCR $9.31
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $9.40
Clear Spring Health MCR $9.48
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.48
Centurion LOGOV $9.48
CarePlus MGMCR $9.83
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.17
Longevity Health Plan MCR $10.34
Oscar HIX $11.72
Solis Health Plan MCR $12.50
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $13.92
United OptionsPPO $14.82
Molina MGMCR $17.17
AvMed HMOFI $19.88
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $20.79
AvMed ASOEO $22.59
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $23.04
Molina HIX $24.40
Humana PPO $25.30
Humana HMO $25.30
Aetna ASA $27.11
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $40.67
Plotkin Health COMM $45.19
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $45.19
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $49.70
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $67.78
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $72.30
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $72.30
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $76.81
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $83.14
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $230.03
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $230.03
Prime Health WorkersComp $234.88
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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