Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm 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

$309.75

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.

$309.75

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.

$17.04 with BCBS vs $284.97 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
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $21.37 ↓ -93%
Humana TRICARE $23.65 ↓ -92%
CareSource Tricare $24.38 ↓ -92%
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $24.78 ↓ -92%
BCBS SBN $26.95 ↓ -91%
Truli BSL $26.95 ↓ -91%
BCBS BSL $26.95 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $26.95 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $35.31 ↓ -89%
Truli PPO $38.10 ↓ -88%
BCBS NWB $39.65 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $39.65 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $47.70 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $50.03 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $50.80 ↓ -84%
BCBS PHS $65.05 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASA $92.92 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $139.39 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $154.88 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $154.88 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $170.36 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $232.31 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $247.80 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $247.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $263.29 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $284.97 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $228.00 $24.38 – $38.40
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $18.19 $4.31 – $25.68
martin north hospital Stuart $18.19 $5.34 – $25.68
indian river hospital Vero Beach $18.19 $6.01 – $25.68
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $22.94 $4.52 – $15.00
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $865.00 $23.65 – $50.03
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS $359.00 $23.65 – $38.40
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $87.51 $38.34 – $38.34

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