MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) 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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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.

$517.79 with United vs $19,922.27 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 $517.79
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members MGMCR $1,017.77
AvMed HIX $1,080.00
Aetna QHP $1,186.00
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $1,559.13
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $1,559.13
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1,689.06
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1,689.06
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1,689.06
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1,689.06
Suncoast Neighborly Care MedicarePACE $1,732.37
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $1,826.00
Aetna GatedCOMM $1,826.00
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,963.09
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,963.09
Prime Health WorkersComp $3,025.47
AvMed HMOFI $3,110.00
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $3,334.81
AvMed ASOEO $3,418.00
United OptionsPPO $3,551.36
Molina MGMCR $4,114.38
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5,521.93
Molina HIX $5,846.75
Aetna ASA $6,496.39
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $9,744.59
Plotkin Health COMM $10,827.32
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $10,827.32
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $11,910.05
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $16,240.98
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $17,323.71
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $17,323.71
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $18,406.44
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $19,922.27

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MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $7,204.40 $236.71 – $517.67
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $17,215.30 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $6,514.68 $236.71 – $703.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,685.15 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,619.83 $236.71 – $675.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,747.33 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,741.35 $55.96 – $1,772.25
martin north hospital Stuart $1,355.25 $50.07 – $1,042.50

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