X-ray exam of mastoids at HCA FLORIDA NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL
6000 49TH STREET NORTH, ST PETERSBURG, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1205880945
$8,468.61
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.
$8,468.61
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.
$245.18 with United vs $7,791.12 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 | $245.18 | ↓ -97% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Optimum Group Members | MGMCR | $398.02 | ↓ -95% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Freedom Health | MGMCR | $609.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Access 2 Healthcare Physicians Optimum | MGMCR | $609.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $660.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $660.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $660.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $660.55 | ↓ -92% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $669.62 | ↓ -92% |
| Rockport Healthcare Group | WORKERSCOMP | $669.62 | ↓ -92% |
| AvMed | HIX | $677.49 | ↓ -92% |
| Prime Health | WorkersComp | $683.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $1,304.17 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,388.85 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $1,609.04 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $1,863.09 | ↓ -78% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $1,947.78 | ↓ -77% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,117.15 | ↓ -75% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $2,159.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $2,286.52 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,371.21 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,371.21 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,540.58 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $3,810.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $4,234.31 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $4,234.31 | ↓ -50% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $4,657.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $6,351.46 | ↓ -25% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $6,774.89 | ↓ -20% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $6,774.89 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $7,198.32 | ↓ -15% |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $7,791.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray exam of mastoids at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $643.50 | $7.82 – $780.30 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $596.70 | $6.99 – $459.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $596.70 | $6.91 – $734.40 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $329.55 | $97.28 – $331.07 |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) | Jacksonville | $227.83 | $79.88 – $235.69 |
| HCA FLORIDA LAKE CITY HOSPITAL | LIVE OAK | $193.50 | $245.18 – $653.41 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | not published | $94.39 – $182.21 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | not published | $77.67 – $242.37 |