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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at Boca Raton Regional Hospital
800 MEADOWS RD., BOCA RATON, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1902826779
$3,385.20
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.
$5,208.00
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.
$122.35 with BLUE CROSS vs $3,400.82 with AFFORDABLE — 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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| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE | $122.35 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $124.79 | ↓ -96% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $127.24 | ↓ -96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $437.66 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $1,236.00 | ↓ -63% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA SUREFIT | $1,236.00 | ↓ -63% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $1,285.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS PPC B | $1,285.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $1,449.00 | ↓ -57% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS PPC | $1,745.00 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $1,874.88 | ↓ -45% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $3,400.82 | ↑ +0% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,740.05 | $62.22 – $1,772.25 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $1,355.25 | $55.67 – $1,042.50 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $1,355.25 | $66.59 – $1,668.00 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $3,775.20 | $75.98 – $5,227.20 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $3,775.20 | $75.98 – $5,227.20 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $3,775.20 | $73.66 – $5,227.20 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $3,775.20 | $73.66 – $5,227.20 |
| Fishermens Community Hospital | MARATHON | $3,775.20 | $73.66 – $5,227.20 |