Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (with contrast) at HCA FLORIDA NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL
6000 49TH STREET NORTH, ST PETERSBURG, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1205880945
$24,168.58
Cash price 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.
$24,168.58
Gross charge 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 $22,235.09 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -97% |
| AvMed | HIX | $1,080.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $1,135.92 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | QHP | $1,186.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $1,740.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,740.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | $1,826.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | $1,826.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $1,885.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $1,885.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $1,885.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $1,885.15 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $3,110.00 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $3,418.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $3,721.96 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,963.65 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $4,592.03 | ↓ -81% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $5,466.12 | ↓ -77% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $5,466.12 | ↓ -77% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $5,581.20 | ↓ -77% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $6,162.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $6,525.52 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $7,250.57 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $10,875.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $12,084.29 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $12,084.29 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $13,292.72 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $18,126.44 | ↓ -25% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $19,334.86 | ↓ -20% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $19,334.86 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $20,543.29 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $22,235.09 | ↓ -8% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $6,599.61 | $346.11 – $748.98 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $10,786.20 | $364.32 – $958.38 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $5,713.77 | $346.11 – $1,140.93 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $6,783.32 | $364.32 – $808.79 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $5,754.20 | $346.11 – $977.98 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $5,024.86 | $364.32 – $665.25 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,464.80 | $74.58 – $2,618.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $2,002.00 | $66.73 – $1,540.00 |