Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa 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

$833.30

Cash price

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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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$1,282.00

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.

$5.71 with AMERIGROUP vs $1,282.00 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 $5.71 ↓ -99%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $5.71 ↓ -99%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $6.00 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $6.00 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $6.00 ↓ -99%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $6.06 ↓ -99%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $6.17 ↓ -99%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $6.17 ↓ -99%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $6.28 ↓ -99%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $11.53 ↓ -99%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $11.53 ↓ -99%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $11.53 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $11.93 ↓ -99%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $12.34 ↓ -99%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $12.57 ↓ -98%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $12.57 ↓ -98%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $12.68 ↓ -98%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $12.68 ↓ -98%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $12.91 ↓ -98%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.14 ↓ -98%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $14.87 ↓ -98%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $15.57 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $217.94 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $402.55 ↓ -52%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $470.49 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $487.16 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $538.44 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $555.11 ↓ -33%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $566.64 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $576.90 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA HMO $653.82 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $653.82 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $666.64 ↓ -20%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $684.59 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $769.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $769.20 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $769.20 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $769.20 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $823.04 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED HMO $823.04 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $823.04 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $830.74 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $833.30 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $961.50 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,025.60 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $1,025.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,025.60 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $1,025.60 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $1,089.70 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $1,153.80 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $1,153.80 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $1,153.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $1,282.00 ↑ +54%

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Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $33.37 $10.95 – $19.24
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $53.39 $11.53 – $25.60
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $33.37 $10.95 – $24.63
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $106.73 $11.53 – $25.60
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $31.78 $10.95 – $25.19
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $76.80 $11.53 – $21.05
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $833.30 $5.89 – $1,153.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $833.30 $5.89 – $1,153.80

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