Biopsy bone trocar/needle superficial 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

$2,273.70

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.

$3,498.00

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 $3,498.00 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%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $412.45 ↓ -82%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $412.45 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $433.08 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $433.08 ↓ -81%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $433.08 ↓ -81%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $437.20 ↓ -81%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $445.45 ↓ -80%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $445.45 ↓ -80%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $453.70 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $539.00 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $539.00 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $594.66 ↓ -74%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $804.54 ↓ -65%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $944.46 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $1,098.37 ↓ -52%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,283.77 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,329.24 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,469.16 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,514.63 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,574.10 ↓ -31%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $1,724.73 ↓ -24%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $1,724.73 ↓ -24%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $1,724.73 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,783.98 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,783.98 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $1,785.09 ↓ -21%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $1,845.46 ↓ -19%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,867.93 ↓ -18%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $1,879.95 ↓ -17%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $1,879.95 ↓ -17%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $1,897.20 ↓ -17%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $1,897.20 ↓ -17%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $1,931.70 ↓ -15%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,966.19 ↓ -14%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $2,098.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $2,098.80 ↓ -8%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $2,224.90 ↓ -2%
AVMED AVMED HMO $2,245.72 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $2,245.72 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $2,245.72 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $2,266.70 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $2,273.70 ↑ +0%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $2,328.38 ↑ +2%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $2,623.50 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $2,798.40 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $2,798.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $2,798.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,798.40 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $2,973.30 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $3,148.20 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $3,148.20 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $3,148.20 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $3,498.00 ↑ +54%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,728.25 $1,638.49 – $2,878.57
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