Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at Doctors Hospital
5000 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, CORAL GABLES, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1952351983
$3,775.20
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.
$5,808.00
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.
$73.66 with MEDICAID vs $5,808.00 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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| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $73.66 | ↓ -98% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $73.66 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $77.34 | ↓ -98% |
| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $77.34 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $77.34 | ↓ -98% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $78.08 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $79.55 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $79.55 | ↓ -98% |
| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $79.55 | ↓ -98% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $81.02 | ↓ -98% |
| MEDICARE | SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC | $124.58 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE PPO | $128.94 | ↓ -97% |
| MEDICA HEALTH PLAN | MEDICA MCR HMO | $133.30 | ↓ -96% |
| HUMANA | CAREPLUS MC HMO | $135.80 | ↓ -96% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $135.80 | ↓ -96% |
| AVMED | AVMED MEDICARE | $137.04 | ↓ -96% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO | $137.04 | ↓ -96% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON MED MC HMO NC | $139.53 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $139.53 | ↓ -96% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON HEALTH MC HMO | $139.53 | ↓ -96% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $142.03 | ↓ -96% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | PROMINENCE | $160.71 | ↓ -96% |
| MEDICARE | DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO | $168.19 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $1,016.40 | ↓ -73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $1,823.71 | ↓ -52% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $2,073.46 | ↓ -45% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $2,131.54 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $2,207.04 | ↓ -42% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $2,207.04 | ↓ -42% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $2,358.05 | ↓ -38% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $2,416.13 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $2,439.36 | ↓ -35% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $2,561.33 | ↓ -32% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $2,613.60 | ↓ -31% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $2,874.96 | ↓ -24% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $2,962.08 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | AETNA TIER 2 | $2,962.08 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $3,020.16 | ↓ -20% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $3,484.80 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP HMO | $3,484.80 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $3,484.80 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $3,484.80 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS | $3,763.58 | ↓ -0% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $3,775.20 | ↑ +0% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION PLUS | $4,356.00 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $4,646.40 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $4,646.40 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $4,646.40 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $4,646.40 | ↑ +23% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $4,936.80 | ↑ +31% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION 2 | $5,227.20 | ↑ +38% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $5,227.20 | ↑ +38% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $5,227.20 | ↑ +38% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $5,227.20 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $5,808.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $6,158.95 | $236.71 – $517.67 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $14,823.93 | $249.17 – $553.15 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $5,578.79 | $236.71 – $703.89 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $5,197.00 | $249.17 – $553.15 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $5,702.40 | $236.71 – $675.95 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $9,458.83 | $249.17 – $454.98 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,740.05 | $62.22 – $1,772.25 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $1,355.25 | $55.67 – $1,042.50 |