Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$1,524.60

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.

$1,524.60

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.

$71.66 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $1,402.63 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 $71.66 ↓ -95%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $109.77 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $109.77 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $118.92 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $118.92 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $118.92 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $118.92 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $121.97 ↓ -92%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $164.35 ↓ -89%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $164.35 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WorkersComp $167.81 ↓ -89%
Humana TRICARE $179.59 ↓ -88%
CareSource Tricare $185.14 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $193.62 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health MCR $193.68 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $193.68 ↓ -87%
WellMed MCR $193.68 ↓ -87%
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $193.68 ↓ -87%
United VA CCN FED $193.68 ↓ -87%
Sunshine State MCR $193.68 ↓ -87%
United MGMCD $193.68 ↓ -87%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $197.55 ↓ -87%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $197.55 ↓ -87%
United MCR $197.55 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRPPO $197.55 ↓ -87%
BayCare Health Plans MCR $203.36 ↓ -87%
WellCare MCR $203.36 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $203.36 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan MCR $205.30 ↓ -87%
Florida Complete Care MCR $207.24 ↓ -86%
Align Senior Care MCR $207.24 ↓ -86%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $207.24 ↓ -86%
SECUR MGMCR $209.17 ↓ -86%
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $211.11 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $213.05 ↓ -86%
Centurion LOGOV $213.05 ↓ -86%
Clear Spring Health MCR $213.05 ↓ -86%
CarePlus MGMCR $220.80 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $228.69 ↓ -85%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $232.42 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $234.79 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHP $242.41 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $250.03 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $274.43 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $274.43 ↓ -82%
Solis Health Plan MCR $280.84 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $289.67 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $335.41 ↓ -78%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $344.56 ↓ -77%
Aetna GatedCOMM $344.56 ↓ -77%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $350.66 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $381.15 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $388.77 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $411.64 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $426.89 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $426.89 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $457.38 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $686.07 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $762.30 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $762.30 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $838.53 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $1,143.45 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,219.68 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,219.68 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,295.91 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,402.63 ↓ -8%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $267.42 $54.25 – $95.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $515.06 $57.11 – $126.78
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $256.78 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $268.47 $57.11 – $126.78
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $180.00 $54.25 – $124.76
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,544.00 $154.94 – $232.42
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $274.91 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $880.75 $42.16 – $1,151.75

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