Biopsy of prostate 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

$1,929.20

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.

$2,968.00

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 $2,968.00 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 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $504.56 ↓ -74%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $682.64 ↓ -65%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $801.36 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $803.00 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $803.00 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $931.95 ↓ -52%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $1,054.49 ↓ -45%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $1,054.49 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,089.26 ↓ -44%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $1,107.22 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $1,107.22 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $1,107.22 ↓ -43%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $1,117.76 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,127.84 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $1,138.85 ↓ -41%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $1,138.85 ↓ -41%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $1,159.94 ↓ -40%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,246.56 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,285.14 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,335.60 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,513.68 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,513.68 ↓ -22%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,584.91 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,780.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $1,780.80 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,905.46 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,905.46 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,905.46 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $1,923.26 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $1,929.20 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $2,226.00 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $2,374.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $2,374.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,374.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $2,374.40 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $2,522.80 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $2,671.20 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $2,671.20 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $2,671.20 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $2,968.00 ↑ +54%

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Biopsy of prostate at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,820.89 $537.00 – $537.00
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $6,307.60 $1,043.57 – $8,248.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,929.20 $173.17 – $2,671.20
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $1,929.20 $836.98 – $2,968.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $3,260.40 $1,805.76 – $5,016.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $1,929.20 $519.40 – $2,671.20
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $1,929.20 $516.43 – $2,671.20
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,929.20 $507.53 – $2,671.20

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