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Knee MRI (without contrast) at Bethesda Hospital East

2815 SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417952748

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$3,591.90

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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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$5,526.00

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.

$151.97 with WELLCARE vs $5,526.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $151.97 ↓ -96%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $151.97 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $151.97 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $151.97 ↓ -96%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $151.97 ↓ -96%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $151.97 ↓ -96%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $159.57 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $159.57 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $159.57 ↓ -96%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $167.17 ↓ -95%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $249.17 ↓ -93%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $249.17 ↓ -93%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $249.17 ↓ -93%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $249.17 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $249.17 ↓ -93%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $249.17 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $254.15 ↓ -93%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $259.13 ↓ -93%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $259.13 ↓ -93%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $261.63 ↓ -93%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $274.08 ↓ -92%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $279.07 ↓ -92%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $321.43 ↓ -91%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $336.38 ↓ -91%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $886.00 ↓ -75%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $886.00 ↓ -75%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $886.00 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,118.00 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,152.00 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,152.00 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $1,152.00 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,222.00 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $1,222.00 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,222.00 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $1,222.00 ↓ -66%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $1,259.00 ↓ -65%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $1,426.00 ↓ -60%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $1,552.00 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,558.33 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,558.33 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,713.06 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,967.26 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $2,028.04 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $2,127.51 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED HMO $2,127.51 ↓ -41%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $2,486.70 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $2,729.84 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,950.88 ↓ -18%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $3,591.90 ↑ +0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $3,591.90 ↑ +0%
PHCS PHCS $4,973.40 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $4,973.40 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $4,973.40 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $5,526.00 ↑ +54%

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Knee MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,741.35 $57.39 – $1,772.25
martin north hospital Stuart $1,355.25 $51.35 – $1,042.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $1,355.25 $61.42 – $1,668.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,591.90 $151.97 – $4,973.40
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $3,220.10 $244.69 – $3,234.96
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $3,591.90 $147.32 – $4,973.40
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $3,591.90 $147.32 – $4,973.40
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $3,591.90 $147.32 – $4,973.40

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