Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Doctors Hospital

5000 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, CORAL GABLES, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1952351983

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

$2,369.25

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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.

$3,645.00

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.

$452.49 with MEDICAID vs $3,645.00 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
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $452.49 ↓ -81%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $452.49 ↓ -81%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $475.11 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $475.11 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $475.11 ↓ -80%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $479.63 ↓ -80%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $488.68 ↓ -79%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $488.68 ↓ -79%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $488.68 ↓ -79%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $497.73 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $637.88 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $803.00 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $803.00 ↓ -66%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $947.15 ↓ -60%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $980.30 ↓ -59%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $984.15 ↓ -58%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $1,013.45 ↓ -57%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $1,032.39 ↓ -56%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $1,032.39 ↓ -56%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $1,041.86 ↓ -56%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $1,041.86 ↓ -56%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $1,060.80 ↓ -55%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $1,060.80 ↓ -55%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $1,060.80 ↓ -55%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,079.75 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $1,144.53 ↓ -52%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $1,221.82 ↓ -48%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $1,278.65 ↓ -46%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,301.27 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,337.72 ↓ -44%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $1,385.10 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,385.10 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,479.87 ↓ -38%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,516.32 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,530.90 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,607.45 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,640.25 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,804.28 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,858.95 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,858.95 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $2,187.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $2,187.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $2,361.96 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $2,369.25 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $2,733.75 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $2,916.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $2,916.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,916.00 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $2,916.00 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $3,098.25 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $3,280.50 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $3,280.50 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $3,280.50 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $3,280.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $3,645.00 ↑ +54%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,459.67 $899.79 – $1,580.79
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