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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at Bethesda Hospital East
2815 SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417952748
$4,846.40
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.
$7,456.00
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.
$255.55 with WELLCARE vs $7,456.00 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.
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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| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $268.33 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $268.33 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $268.33 | ↓ -94% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $281.11 | ↓ -94% |
| MEDICA HEALTH PLAN | MEDICA MCR HMO | $364.32 | ↓ -92% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON MED MC HMO NC | $364.32 | ↓ -92% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO | $364.32 | ↓ -92% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON HEALTH MC HMO | $364.32 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE PPO | $364.32 | ↓ -92% |
| MEDICARE | SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC | $364.32 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $371.61 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $378.89 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA | CAREPLUS MC HMO | $378.89 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $382.54 | ↓ -92% |
| AVMED | AVMED MEDICARE | $400.75 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $408.04 | ↓ -92% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | PROMINENCE | $469.97 | ↓ -90% |
| MEDICARE | DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO | $491.83 | ↓ -90% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $886.00 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $886.00 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $886.00 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $1,118.00 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $1,152.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $1,152.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $1,152.00 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $1,222.00 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP HMO | $1,222.00 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $1,222.00 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $1,222.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $1,259.00 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS | $1,426.00 | ↓ -71% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS PHS CAH | $1,552.00 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA | AETNA TIER 2 | $2,102.59 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $2,102.59 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $2,311.36 | ↓ -52% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $2,654.34 | ↓ -45% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $2,736.35 | ↓ -44% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $2,870.56 | ↓ -41% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $2,870.56 | ↓ -41% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $3,355.20 | ↓ -31% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $3,683.26 | ↓ -24% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $3,981.50 | ↓ -18% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $4,846.40 | ↑ +0% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $4,846.40 | ↑ +0% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $6,710.40 | ↑ +38% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $6,710.40 | ↑ +38% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $6,710.40 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $7,456.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,597.40 | $99.15 – $2,618.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $2,002.00 | $88.71 – $1,540.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $2,002.00 | $106.11 – $2,464.00 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $4,846.40 | $173.17 – $6,710.40 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $4,345.90 | $357.78 – $4,365.96 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $4,846.40 | $247.73 – $6,710.40 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $4,846.40 | $247.73 – $6,710.40 |
| Fishermens Community Hospital | MARATHON | $4,846.40 | $247.73 – $6,710.40 |