Myelography neck spine 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.

$455.87 with Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members vs $8,923.45 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 $455.87
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health MGMCR $698.36
Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum MGMCR $698.36
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $756.55
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $756.55
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $756.55
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $756.55
AvMed HIX $775.95
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1,493.71
United OptionsPPO $1,590.70
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16
Molina MGMCR $1,842.89
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,118.51
Rockport Healthcare Group WORKERSCOMP $2,118.51
AvMed HMOFI $2,133.87
Prime Health WorkersComp $2,163.11
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $2,230.86
AvMed ASOEO $2,424.85
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,473.35
Molina HIX $2,618.84
Humana PPO $2,715.83
Humana HMO $2,715.83
Aetna ASA $2,909.82
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,364.73
Plotkin Health COMM $4,849.70
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4,849.70
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $5,334.67
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $7,274.55
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $7,759.52
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $7,759.52
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8,244.49
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $8,923.45
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Myelography neck spine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,727.92 $777.70 – $1,366.30
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,012.09 $777.70 – $1,748.52
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $4,806.90 $797.83 – $1,817.36
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $4,774.77 $818.63 – $1,494.82
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $4,665.70 $37.64 – $5,791.90
martin north hospital Stuart $4,665.70 $33.68 – $3,407.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $4,665.70 $34.28 – $5,451.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,490.15 $173.17 – $3,447.90

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