Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at Doctors Hospital
5000 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, CORAL GABLES, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1952351983
$4,265.30
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.
$6,562.00
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.
$183.17 with MEDICARE vs $6,562.00 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 |
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| MEDICARE | SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC | $183.17 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE PPO | $189.58 | ↓ -96% |
| MEDICA HEALTH PLAN | MEDICA MCR HMO | $195.99 | ↓ -95% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $197.10 | ↓ -95% |
| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $197.10 | ↓ -95% |
| HUMANA | CAREPLUS MC HMO | $199.65 | ↓ -95% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $199.65 | ↓ -95% |
| AVMED | AVMED MEDICARE | $201.48 | ↓ -95% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO | $201.48 | ↓ -95% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON HEALTH MC HMO | $205.15 | ↓ -95% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON MED MC HMO NC | $205.15 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $205.15 | ↓ -95% |
| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $206.95 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $206.95 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $206.95 | ↓ -95% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $208.81 | ↓ -95% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $208.92 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $212.86 | ↓ -95% |
| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $212.86 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $212.86 | ↓ -95% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $216.81 | ↓ -95% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | PROMINENCE | $236.29 | ↓ -94% |
| MEDICARE | DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO | $247.28 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $1,148.35 | ↓ -73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $2,060.47 | ↓ -52% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $2,342.63 | ↓ -45% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $2,408.25 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $2,493.56 | ↓ -42% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $2,493.56 | ↓ -42% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $2,664.17 | ↓ -38% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $2,729.79 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $2,756.04 | ↓ -35% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $2,893.84 | ↓ -32% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $2,952.90 | ↓ -31% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $3,248.19 | ↓ -24% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $3,346.62 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | AETNA TIER 2 | $3,346.62 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $3,412.24 | ↓ -20% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $3,937.20 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP HMO | $3,937.20 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $3,937.20 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $3,937.20 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS | $4,252.18 | ↓ -0% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $4,265.30 | ↑ +0% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION PLUS | $4,921.50 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $5,249.60 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $5,249.60 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $5,249.60 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $5,249.60 | ↑ +23% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $5,577.70 | ↑ +31% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION 2 | $5,905.80 | ↑ +38% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $5,905.80 | ↑ +38% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $5,905.80 | ↑ +38% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $5,905.80 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $6,562.00 | ↑ +54% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $5,105.26 | $174.01 – $492.42 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $10,111.41 | $183.17 – $530.75 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $5,018.38 | $174.01 – $669.56 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $10,728.83 | $183.17 – $429.66 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $4,265.48 | $174.01 – $642.98 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $7,725.33 | $183.17 – $391.35 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,361.10 | $52.70 – $1,304.75 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $997.75 | $47.15 – $767.50 |