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Chest X-ray 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

$497.25

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.

$765.00

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.

$34.17 with AMERIGROUP vs $765.00 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 $34.17 ↓ -93%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $34.17 ↓ -93%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $35.88 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $35.88 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $35.88 ↓ -93%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $36.22 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $36.90 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $36.90 ↓ -93%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $37.59 ↓ -92%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $90.88 ↓ -82%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $90.88 ↓ -82%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $90.88 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $94.06 ↓ -81%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $97.24 ↓ -80%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $99.06 ↓ -80%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $99.06 ↓ -80%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $99.97 ↓ -80%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $99.97 ↓ -80%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $101.78 ↓ -80%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.60 ↓ -79%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $117.23 ↓ -76%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $122.69 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $130.05 ↓ -74%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $167.89 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $240.21 ↓ -52%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $280.76 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $290.70 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $321.30 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $331.25 ↓ -33%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $338.13 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $344.25 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $390.15 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $390.15 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $397.80 ↓ -20%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $408.51 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $459.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $459.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $459.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $459.00 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $491.13 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED HMO $491.13 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $491.13 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $495.72 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $497.25 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $573.75 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $612.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $612.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $612.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $612.00 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $650.25 ↑ +31%
PHCS PHCS $688.50 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $688.50 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $688.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $765.00 ↑ +54%

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Chest X-ray at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $497.25 $34.17 – $688.50
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $497.25 $34.17 – $688.50
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $557.05 $10.27 – $646.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $557.05 $8.20 – $608.00
martin north hospital Stuart $557.05 $10.38 – $380.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $497.25 $35.25 – $426.60
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $497.25 $35.25 – $688.50
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $445.90 $89.25 – $447.96

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