Lung function test (mbc/mvv) 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

$314.24

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.

$314.24

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.

$14.77 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $289.10 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
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $14.77 ↓ -95%
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $18.05 ↓ -94%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.05 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WorkersComp $18.43 ↓ -94%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $22.63 ↓ -93%
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $22.63 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $24.51 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $24.51 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $24.51 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $24.51 ↓ -92%
AvMed HIX $25.14 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $39.91 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $47.14 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $48.39 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHP $49.96 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $51.54 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $56.56 ↓ -82%
Cigna HMO $56.56 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $59.71 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $69.13 ↓ -78%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $71.02 ↓ -77%
Aetna GatedCOMM $71.02 ↓ -77%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $72.28 ↓ -77%
AvMed ASOEO $78.56 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $80.13 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $84.84 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $87.99 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $87.99 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $94.27 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $141.41 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $157.12 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $157.12 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $172.83 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $235.68 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $251.39 ↓ -20%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $251.39 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $267.10 ↓ -15%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $289.10 ↓ -8%

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Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $190.11 $58.52 – $102.82
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