Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) 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

$2,338.70

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,598.00

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.

$167.89 with VISTA vs $1,799.00 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
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $167.89 ↓ -93%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $274.17 ↓ -88%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $274.17 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $287.88 ↓ -88%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $287.88 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $287.88 ↓ -88%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $290.62 ↓ -88%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $296.11 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $296.11 ↓ -87%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $301.59 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $305.83 ↓ -87%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $413.77 ↓ -82%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $485.73 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $539.00 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $539.00 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $564.89 ↓ -76%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $660.23 ↓ -72%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $683.62 ↓ -71%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $737.14 ↓ -68%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $737.14 ↓ -68%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $737.14 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $755.58 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $762.94 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $778.97 ↓ -67%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $788.74 ↓ -66%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $803.48 ↓ -66%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $803.48 ↓ -66%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $809.55 ↓ -65%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $810.85 ↓ -65%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $810.85 ↓ -65%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $825.59 ↓ -65%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $840.34 ↓ -64%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $917.49 ↓ -61%
AETNA AETNA HMO $917.49 ↓ -61%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $950.91 ↓ -59%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $960.67 ↓ -59%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $995.13 ↓ -57%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $1,079.40 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,079.40 ↓ -54%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,154.96 ↓ -51%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,154.96 ↓ -51%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,154.96 ↓ -51%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $1,165.75 ↓ -50%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $1,169.35 ↓ -50%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $1,349.25 ↓ -42%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,439.20 ↓ -38%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $1,439.20 ↓ -38%
AETNA AETNA PPO $1,439.20 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,439.20 ↓ -38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $1,529.15 ↓ -35%
PHCS PHCS $1,619.10 ↓ -31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $1,619.10 ↓ -31%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $1,619.10 ↓ -31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $1,799.00 ↓ -23%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

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Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,252.23 $700.28 – $1,574.45
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