Aluminum - quest at Homestead Hospital

975 BAPTIST WAY, HOMESTEAD, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1578547865

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

$29.25

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.

$45.00

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.

$6.16 with AMERIGROUP vs $45.00 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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $6.16 ↓ -79%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $6.16 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $6.47 ↓ -78%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $6.47 ↓ -78%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $6.47 ↓ -78%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $6.53 ↓ -78%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $6.65 ↓ -77%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $6.65 ↓ -77%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $6.78 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $7.65 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $14.13 ↓ -52%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $16.52 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $17.10 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $18.90 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $19.49 ↓ -33%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $19.89 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $20.25 ↓ -31%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $22.14 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $22.95 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $22.95 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $23.40 ↓ -20%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $24.03 ↓ -18%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $25.48 ↓ -13%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $25.48 ↓ -13%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $25.48 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $26.37 ↓ -10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $27.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $27.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $27.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $27.00 ↓ -8%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $27.26 ↓ -7%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $27.77 ↓ -5%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $27.77 ↓ -5%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $28.03 ↓ -4%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $28.03 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $28.54 ↓ -2%
AVMED AVMED HMO $28.89 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $28.89 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $28.89 ↓ -1%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.05 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $29.16 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $29.25 ↑ +0%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $32.87 ↑ +12%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $33.75 ↑ +15%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $34.40 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $36.00 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $36.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $36.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $36.00 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $38.25 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $40.50 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $40.50 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $40.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $45.00 ↑ +54%

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