Contrast x-ray of elbow 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

$800.15

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$1,231.00

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.

$71.44 with AMERIGROUP vs $1,231.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $71.44 ↓ -91%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $71.44 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $75.01 ↓ -91%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $75.01 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $75.01 ↓ -91%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $75.72 ↓ -91%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $77.15 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $77.15 ↓ -90%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $78.58 ↓ -90%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $167.89 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $209.27 ↓ -74%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $364.32 ↓ -54%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $364.32 ↓ -54%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $364.32 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $377.07 ↓ -53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $386.53 ↓ -52%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $389.82 ↓ -51%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $397.11 ↓ -50%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $397.11 ↓ -50%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $400.75 ↓ -50%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $400.75 ↓ -50%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $408.04 ↓ -49%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.33 ↓ -48%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $451.78 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $467.78 ↓ -42%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $469.97 ↓ -41%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $491.83 ↓ -39%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $517.02 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $533.02 ↓ -33%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $544.10 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $553.95 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $627.81 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $627.81 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $640.12 ↓ -20%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $657.35 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $738.60 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $738.60 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $738.60 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $738.60 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED PPO $790.30 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $790.30 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED HMO $790.30 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $797.69 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $800.15 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $923.25 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $984.80 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $984.80 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $984.80 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $984.80 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $1,046.35 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $1,107.90 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $1,107.90 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $1,107.90 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $1,231.00 ↑ +54%

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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,224.60 $346.11 – $1,140.93
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,582.22 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,638.34 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,142.40 $23.45 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $20.98 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,002.00 $21.97 – $2,464.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $800.15 $73.69 – $1,107.90
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $800.15 $73.69 – $1,107.90

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