Nutrition counseling cost in Tampa, FL
In Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, 24 hospitals list a cash price for nutrition counseling (medical nutrition therapy), first visit, 15 minutes: from $37.51 to $263.54, with a median of $54.60. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital — $17.09 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $66.59 at 106 hospitals.
- The median here, $54.60, is 5% above the US median of $52.20.
- That is 1.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($36.74).
- Tampa, FL has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Florida with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 11 of 24 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 24 facilities across 16 cities for code 97802, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital lowest Brooksville, FL · (352) 596-6632 MNT INIT ASSESS EA 15MIN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $37.51 | $37.51 | $1.76–$34.51 | — |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital Hudson, FL · (727) 819-2929 MNT INIT ASSESS EA 15MIN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $41.58 | $41.58 | $1.95–$38.25 | — |
| HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital St. Petersburg, FL · (727) 384-1414 MNT INIT ASSESS EA 15MIN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $45.74 | $45.74 | $2.15–$42.08 | — |
| HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital South Pasadena, FL · (727) 381-1000 MNT INIT ASSESS EA 15MIN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $54.56 | $54.56 | $2.56–$50.20 | — |
| Morton Plant NorthBay Hospital New Port Richey, FL · (727) 842-8468 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $16.38–$91.00 | 40% |
| BayCare Alliant Hospital Dunedin, FL · (727) 733-1111 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $45.50–$91.00 | 40% |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Tampa, FL · (813) 870-4398 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $16.38–$91.00 | 40% |
| Morton Plant Hospital Clearwater, FL · (727) 462-7000 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $16.38–$91.00 | 40% |
| South Florida Baptist Hospital Plant City, FL · (813) 757-1200 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $16.38–$91.00 | 40% |
| Mease Dunedin Hospital Dunedin, FL · (727) 733-1111 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $16.38–$91.00 | 40% |
| Mease Countryside Hospital Safety Harbor, FL · (727) 734-6950 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $16.38–$91.00 | 40% |
| St Anthony's Hospital St. Petersburg, FL · (727) 825-1100 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $16.38–$91.00 | 40% |
| BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel, FL · (813) 914-1000 FN INTL NUTRITN ASESS EA 15MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $91.00 | $16.38–$91.00 | 40% |
| HCA Florida South Shore Hospital Apollo Beach, FL · (813) 634-3301 Medical nutrition therapy; initial assessment and intervention, individual, face-to-face with the patient, each 15 minutes Other Outpatient+4 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $58.08 | $58.08 | $2.73–$53.43 | — |
| Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Saint Petersburg, FL · (727) 823-1234 Hb Med Nutr Ther, 1St, Indiv, Ea 15 Min File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $58.40 | $146.00 | — | 60% |
| Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital Wesley Chapel, FL Hb Med Nutr Ther, 1St, Indiv, Ea 15 Min File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $58.40 | $146.00 | — | 60% |
| H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital Tampa, FL MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION INDIVIDUAL FACE TO FACE EACH 15 MINUTES File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $63.00 | $126.00 | $23.81–$126.00 | 50% |
| HCA Florida Northside Hospital St Petersburg, FL · (727) 521-5121 MNT INIT ASSESS EA 15MIN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $96.32 | $96.32 | $4.53–$88.61 | — |
| AdventHealth Zephyrhills Zephyrhills, FL · (813) 615-7219 HC MED NUTR THER, 1ST, INDIV, EA 15 MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $106.58 | $106.58 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Carrollwood Tampa, FL · (813) 615-7219 HC MED NUTR THER, 1ST, INDIV, EA 15 MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $106.58 | $106.58 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Tampa Tampa, FL · (813) 615-7200 HC MED NUTR THER, 1ST, INDIV, EA 15 MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $107.42 | $107.42 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Riverview Riverview, FL · (813) 929-5962 HC MED NUTR THER, 1ST, INDIV, EA 15 MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $107.42 | $107.42 | — | — |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL · (813) 844-7000 Hb Med Nutrition Therp Init 15 Min File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $129.50 | $370.00 | — | 65% |
| HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital Tampa, FL · (813) 873-6400 Medical nutrition therapy; initial assessment and intervention, individual, face-to-face with the patient, each 15 minutes UNSCHEDULED+4 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $263.54 | $263.54 | $12.39–$242.46 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $37.51, median $54.60, highest $263.54 — a 7.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 17 facilities here, median $54.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 10 of 17 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What nutrition counseling is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Nutrition counseling explained.