MRI chest without contrast at Bethesda Hospital East
2815 SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417952748
$3,596.45
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.
$5,533.00
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.
$151.97 with MEDICAID vs $5,533.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $151.97 | ↓ -96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $151.97 | ↓ -96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $151.97 | ↓ -96% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $151.97 | ↓ -96% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $151.97 | ↓ -96% |
| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $151.97 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $159.57 | ↓ -96% |
| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $159.57 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $159.57 | ↓ -96% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $167.17 | ↓ -95% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON HEALTH MC HMO | $249.17 | ↓ -93% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON MED MC HMO NC | $249.17 | ↓ -93% |
| MEDICARE | SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC | $249.17 | ↓ -93% |
| MEDICA HEALTH PLAN | MEDICA MCR HMO | $249.17 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE PPO | $249.17 | ↓ -93% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO | $249.17 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $254.15 | ↓ -93% |
| HUMANA | CAREPLUS MC HMO | $259.13 | ↓ -93% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $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 CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $886.00 | ↓ -75% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $886.00 | ↓ -75% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $886.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $1,118.00 | ↓ -69% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $1,152.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $1,152.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $1,152.00 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $1,222.00 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $1,222.00 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $1,222.00 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP 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 | $1,560.31 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $1,560.31 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $1,715.23 | ↓ -52% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $1,969.75 | ↓ -45% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $2,030.61 | ↓ -44% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $2,130.21 | ↓ -41% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $2,130.21 | ↓ -41% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $2,489.85 | ↓ -31% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $2,733.30 | ↓ -24% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $2,954.62 | ↓ -18% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $3,596.45 | ↑ +0% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $3,596.45 | ↑ +0% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $4,979.70 | ↑ +38% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $4,979.70 | ↑ +38% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $4,979.70 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $5,533.00 | ↑ +54% |
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MRI chest without contrast at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $3,683.42 | $236.71 – $517.67 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $8,945.94 | $249.17 – $553.15 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $4,819.78 | $236.71 – $703.89 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $2,833.35 | $249.17 – $553.15 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $3,872.43 | $236.71 – $675.95 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $3,652.87 | $249.17 – $454.98 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,114.45 | $60.22 – $1,772.25 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $1,355.25 | $53.89 – $1,042.50 |