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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) 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

$3,395.60

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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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$5,224.00

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 $5,224.00 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 ↓ -95%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $313.98 ↓ -91%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $313.98 ↓ -91%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $329.68 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $329.68 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $329.68 ↓ -90%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $332.82 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $339.10 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $339.10 ↓ -90%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $345.38 ↓ -90%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $364.32 ↓ -89%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $364.32 ↓ -89%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $364.32 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $377.07 ↓ -89%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $389.82 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $397.11 ↓ -88%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $397.11 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $400.75 ↓ -88%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $400.75 ↓ -88%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $408.04 ↓ -88%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.33 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $469.97 ↓ -86%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $491.83 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $888.08 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $1,640.34 ↓ -52%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,917.21 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,985.12 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $2,194.08 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $2,261.99 ↓ -33%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $2,309.01 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $2,350.80 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $2,664.24 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $2,664.24 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $2,716.48 ↓ -20%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $2,789.62 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $3,134.40 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $3,134.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $3,134.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $3,134.40 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $3,353.81 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED HMO $3,353.81 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $3,353.81 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $3,385.15 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $3,395.60 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $3,918.00 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $4,179.20 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $4,179.20 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $4,179.20 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $4,179.20 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $4,440.40 ↑ +31%
PHCS PHCS $4,701.60 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $4,701.60 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $4,701.60 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $5,224.00 ↑ +54%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,314.00 $49.57 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $44.35 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $312.00 $45.52 – $480.00
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $3,395.60 $323.89 – $4,701.60
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,395.60 $173.17 – $4,701.60
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $3,043.95 $357.78 – $3,058.00
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $3,395.60 $313.98 – $4,701.60
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $3,395.60 $313.98 – $4,701.60

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