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Head CT scan (without contrast) 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

$3,054.35

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.

$4,699.00

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.

$109.17 with MEDICARE vs $4,699.00 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
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $109.17 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $113.00 ↓ -96%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $116.82 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $119.00 ↓ -96%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $119.00 ↓ -96%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $120.09 ↓ -96%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $120.09 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $122.28 ↓ -96%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $122.28 ↓ -96%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $122.28 ↓ -96%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $124.46 ↓ -96%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $140.84 ↓ -95%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $147.39 ↓ -95%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $197.10 ↓ -94%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $197.10 ↓ -94%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $206.95 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $206.95 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $206.95 ↓ -93%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $208.92 ↓ -93%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $212.86 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $212.86 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $212.86 ↓ -93%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $216.81 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $822.33 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $1,475.49 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,677.54 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,724.53 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,785.62 ↓ -42%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $1,785.62 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,907.79 ↓ -38%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,954.78 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,973.58 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $2,072.26 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $2,114.55 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $2,326.01 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $2,396.49 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $2,396.49 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $2,443.48 ↓ -20%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $2,819.40 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $2,819.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $2,819.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $2,819.40 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $3,044.95 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $3,054.35 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $3,524.25 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $3,759.20 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $3,759.20 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $3,759.20 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $3,759.20 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $3,994.15 ↑ +31%
PHCS PHCS $4,229.10 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $4,229.10 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $4,229.10 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $4,229.10 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $4,699.00 ↑ +54%

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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $3,054.35 $197.10 – $4,229.10
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,054.35 $109.17 – $4,229.10
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $839.80 $34.94 – $780.30
indian river hospital Vero Beach $789.75 $37.39 – $734.40
martin north hospital Stuart $789.75 $31.26 – $459.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,257.15 $109.17 – $4,229.10
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $3,054.35 $109.17 – $4,229.10
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $2,777.45 $107.21 – $2,743.91

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