Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) 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

$17,531.80

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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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$26,972.00

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 $9,064.00 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

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 ↓ -99%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $901.87 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $901.87 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $946.96 ↓ -95%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $946.96 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $946.96 ↓ -95%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $955.98 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $974.02 ↓ -94%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $974.02 ↓ -94%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $992.06 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $1,540.88 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $1,954.00 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $1,954.00 ↓ -89%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $2,039.19 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $2,039.19 ↓ -88%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $2,039.19 ↓ -88%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $2,084.72 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $2,110.56 ↓ -88%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $2,181.93 ↓ -88%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $2,222.72 ↓ -87%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $2,222.72 ↓ -87%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $2,243.11 ↓ -87%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $2,243.11 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $2,283.89 ↓ -87%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,324.68 ↓ -87%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $2,447.28 ↓ -86%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $2,630.55 ↓ -85%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $2,752.91 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $2,846.10 ↓ -84%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $3,326.49 ↓ -81%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $3,444.32 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $3,806.88 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $3,924.71 ↓ -78%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $4,078.80 ↓ -77%
AETNA AETNA HMO $4,622.64 ↓ -74%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $4,622.64 ↓ -74%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $4,840.18 ↓ -72%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $5,438.40 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $5,438.40 ↓ -69%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $5,819.09 ↓ -67%
AVMED AVMED PPO $5,819.09 ↓ -67%
AVMED AVMED HMO $5,819.09 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $5,873.47 ↓ -66%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $5,891.60 ↓ -66%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $6,798.00 ↓ -61%
AETNA AETNA PPO $7,251.20 ↓ -59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $7,251.20 ↓ -59%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $7,251.20 ↓ -59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $7,251.20 ↓ -59%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $7,704.40 ↓ -56%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $8,157.60 ↓ -53%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $8,157.60 ↓ -53%
PHCS PHCS $8,157.60 ↓ -53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $9,064.00 ↓ -48%

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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $22,464.50 $2,039.19 – $4,527.00
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $22,464.50 $2,039.19 – $3,723.56
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $10,947.95 $92.39 – $14,316.55
martin north hospital Stuart $10,947.95 $176.77 – $8,421.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $10,947.95 $92.39 – $13,474.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $17,531.80 $173.17 – $8,157.60
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $17,531.80 $930.34 – $8,157.60
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $5,283.20 $2,002.56 – $5,307.58

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