Heparin assay 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.

$3.57 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $131.37 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 $3.57
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $5.46
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $5.46
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $5.92
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $5.92
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $5.92
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $5.92
AvMed HIX $6.07
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $6.07
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $11.68
Humana TRICARE $11.86
CareSource Tricare $12.23
United OptionsPPO $12.44
WellMed MCR $13.09
Aetna MCR $13.09
United VA CCN FED $13.09
Sunshine State MCR $13.09
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $13.09
Devoted Health MCR $13.09
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09
United MGMCD $13.09
United MCR $13.35
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $13.35
BCBS MCRPPO $13.35
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.35
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.74
WellCare MCR $13.74
BayCare Health Plans MCR $13.74
American Health Plan MCR $13.88
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.01
Align Senior Care MCR $14.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $14.01
SECUR MGMCR $14.14
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $14.27
Clear Spring Health MCR $14.40
Centurion LOGOV $14.40
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.40
Molina MGMCR $14.41
CarePlus MGMCR $14.92
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.45
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.71
AvMed HMOFI $16.69
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $17.45
Oscar HIX $17.80
AvMed ASOEO $18.96
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.98
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $19.34
Molina HIX $20.48
Humana PPO $21.24
Humana HMO $21.24
Aetna ASA $22.76
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $34.14
Plotkin Health COMM $37.93
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $37.93
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $41.72
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $56.90
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $60.69
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $60.69
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $64.48
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $69.79
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $128.66
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $128.66
Prime Health WorkersComp $131.37
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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