Lithium therapeutic drug level 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.

$0.62 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $70.66 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 $0.62
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $0.95
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $0.95
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.03
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.03
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.03
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.03
AvMed HIX $1.06
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $1.06
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.03
United OptionsPPO $2.16
Molina MGMCR $2.51
AvMed HMOFI $2.90
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.04
AvMed ASOEO $3.30
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.37
Molina HIX $3.56
Humana HMO $3.70
Humana PPO $3.70
Aetna ASA $3.96
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $5.94
Humana TRICARE $5.99
CareSource Tricare $6.18
Plotkin Health COMM $6.60
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $6.60
Sunshine State MCR $6.61
NDMS Definitive Care MCR $6.61
United AllPayerAppendix $6.61
WellMed MCR $6.61
Devoted Health MCR $6.61
Aetna MCR $6.61
United MGMCD $6.61
United VA CCN FED $6.61
United MCR $6.74
BCBS MCRPPO $6.74
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.74
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.74
WellCare MCR $6.94
BayCare Health Plans MCR $6.94
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.94
American Health Plan MCR $7.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $7.07
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.07
Align Senior Care MCR $7.07
SECUR MGMCR $7.14
Gold Kidney of Florida Medicare $7.20
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $7.26
Centurion LOGOV $7.27
Clear Spring Health MCR $7.27
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.27
CarePlus MGMCR $7.54
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.80
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.93
Oscar HIX $8.99
Solis Health Plan MCR $9.58
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $9.90
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $10.56
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $10.56
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11.22
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $12.14
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $69.21
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $69.21
Prime Health WorkersComp $70.66
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $225.93 $6.28 – $11.03
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $278.33 $6.61 – $14.67
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $209.75 $6.28 – $14.12
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $192.19 $6.61 – $14.67
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $50.66 $6.28 – $14.44
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $49.24 $6.61 – $12.07
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