Middle cerebral artery echo 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

$588.25

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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.

$905.00

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.

$63.37 with AMERIGROUP vs $905.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $63.37 ↓ -89%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $63.37 ↓ -89%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $63.37 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $63.37 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $63.37 ↓ -89%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $63.37 ↓ -89%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $66.54 ↓ -89%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $66.54 ↓ -89%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $66.54 ↓ -89%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $69.71 ↓ -88%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $109.17 ↓ -81%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $109.17 ↓ -81%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $109.17 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $109.17 ↓ -81%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $109.17 ↓ -81%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $109.17 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $111.36 ↓ -81%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $113.54 ↓ -81%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $113.54 ↓ -81%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $114.63 ↓ -81%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $120.09 ↓ -80%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $122.28 ↓ -79%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $140.84 ↓ -76%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $147.39 ↓ -75%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $181.91 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $181.91 ↓ -69%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $181.91 ↓ -69%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $255.21 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $255.21 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $280.55 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $322.18 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $332.14 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $348.43 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED HMO $348.43 ↓ -41%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $379.00 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $390.00 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $390.00 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $390.00 ↓ -34%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $407.25 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $432.00 ↓ -27%
AVMED AVMED PPO $447.07 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $483.27 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $494.00 ↓ -16%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $529.00 ↓ -10%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $588.25 ↑ +0%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $588.25 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $690.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $690.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $690.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $690.00 ↑ +17%
PHCS PHCS $814.50 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $814.50 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $814.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $905.00 ↑ +54%

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Middle cerebral artery echo at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,736.50 $109.17 – $242.37
martin north hospital Stuart $778.70 $26.57 – $459.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $596.70 $27.78 – $734.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $588.25 $63.37 – $748.80
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $588.25 $61.43 – $814.50
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $588.25 $61.43 – $748.80
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $588.25 $61.43 – $814.50
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD $588.25 $61.43 – $814.50

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