MRI brain w/dye 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

$1,678.95

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,583.00

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.

$183.17 with MEDICA HEALTH PLAN vs $2,583.00 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
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $183.17 ↓ -89%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $183.17 ↓ -89%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $183.17 ↓ -89%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $183.17 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $183.17 ↓ -89%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $183.17 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $186.83 ↓ -89%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $190.49 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $190.49 ↓ -89%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.33 ↓ -89%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $201.48 ↓ -88%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $205.15 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $236.29 ↓ -86%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $247.28 ↓ -85%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $255.55 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $255.55 ↓ -85%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $255.55 ↓ -85%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $255.55 ↓ -85%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $255.55 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $255.55 ↓ -85%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $268.33 ↓ -84%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $268.33 ↓ -84%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $268.33 ↓ -84%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $281.11 ↓ -83%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $728.41 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO $728.41 ↓ -57%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $800.73 ↓ -52%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $886.00 ↓ -47%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $886.00 ↓ -47%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $886.00 ↓ -47%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $919.55 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $947.96 ↓ -44%
AVMED AVMED HMO $994.46 ↓ -41%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $994.46 ↓ -41%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,118.00 ↓ -33%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $1,152.00 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,152.00 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,152.00 ↓ -31%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,162.35 ↓ -31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,222.00 ↓ -27%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $1,222.00 ↓ -27%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,222.00 ↓ -27%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $1,222.00 ↓ -27%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $1,259.00 ↓ -25%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,276.00 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA PPO $1,379.32 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $1,426.00 ↓ -15%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $1,552.00 ↓ -8%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $1,678.95 ↑ +0%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $1,678.95 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $2,324.70 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $2,324.70 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $2,324.70 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $2,583.00 ↑ +54%

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MRI brain w/dye at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $997.75 $178.69 – $1,304.75
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,678.95 $173.17 – $2,324.70
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $983.45 $179.88 – $1,236.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $1,678.95 $183.17 – $2,324.70
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $1,678.95 $183.17 – $2,324.70
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $1,678.95 $247.73 – $2,324.70
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD $1,678.95 $167.89 – $2,324.70
Mariners Hospital TAVERNIER $1,678.95 $247.73 – $2,324.70

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