Cytopath tbs c/v manual 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

$14.17

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.

$14.17

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.

$0.67 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $160.23 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 $0.67 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1.02 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1.02 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.11 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.11 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.11 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.11 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $1.13 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $1.13 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.18 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2.32 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $2.69 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $3.12 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.26 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $3.54 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.61 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $3.83 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $3.97 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $3.97 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.25 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.38 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.08 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7.08 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $7.79 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $10.63 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $11.34 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $11.34 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $12.04 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $13.04 ↓ -8%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.15 ↑ +7%
Humana TRICARE $16.49 ↑ +16%
CareSource Tricare $17.00 ↑ +20%
Devoted Health MCR $18.54 ↑ +31%
WellMed MCR $18.54 ↑ +31%
United VA CCN FED $18.54 ↑ +31%
United MGMCD $18.54 ↑ +31%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $18.54 ↑ +31%
Sunshine State MCR $18.54 ↑ +31%
Aetna MCR $18.54 ↑ +31%
United MCR $18.91 ↑ +33%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.91 ↑ +33%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.91 ↑ +33%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $18.91 ↑ +33%
WellCare MCR $19.47 ↑ +37%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $19.47 ↑ +37%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $19.47 ↑ +37%
American Health Plan MCR $19.65 ↑ +39%
Align Senior Care MCR $19.84 ↑ +40%
Florida Complete Care MCR $19.84 ↑ +40%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $19.84 ↑ +40%
SECUR MGMCR $20.02 ↑ +41%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $20.21 ↑ +43%
Centurion LOGOV $20.39 ↑ +44%
Clear Spring Health MCR $20.39 ↑ +44%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $20.39 ↑ +44%
CarePlus MGMCR $21.14 ↑ +49%
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.88 ↑ +54%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $22.25 ↑ +57%
Oscar HIX $25.21 ↑ +78%
Solis Health Plan MCR $26.88 ↑ +90%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↑ +1007%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $156.93 ↑ +1007%
Prime Health WorkersComp $160.23 ↑ +1031%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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