Knee MRI (with and without contrast) 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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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.

$828.27 with United vs $29,172.20 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
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
AvMed HIX $1,080.00
Aetna QHP $1,186.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $1,490.32
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,826.00
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,826.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $2,283.04
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $2,283.04
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2,473.29
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2,473.29
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2,473.29
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $2,473.29
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $2,536.71
AvMed HMOFI $3,110.00
AvMed ASOEO $3,418.00
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $4,883.17
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5,106.45
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $5,106.45
United OptionsPPO $5,200.26
Prime Health WorkersComp $5,213.95
Molina MGMCR $6,024.69
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $8,085.77
Molina HIX $8,561.41
Aetna ASA $9,512.67
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $14,269.01
Plotkin Health COMM $15,854.45
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $15,854.45
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $17,439.90
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $23,781.68
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $25,367.13
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $25,367.13
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $26,952.57
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $29,172.20

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Knee MRI (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $9,714.10 $346.11 – $865.63
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $4,306.96 $364.32 – $958.38
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $8,799.02 $346.11 – $1,177.02
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,040.57 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,322.09 $346.11 – $1,130.31
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $10,197.42 $364.32 – $687.95
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,616.90 $88.92 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $79.56 – $1,540.00

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