Echo transthoracic 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

$1,361.75

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.

$2,095.00

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 $2,095.00 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 ↓ -88%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $288.47 ↓ -79%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $288.47 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $302.90 ↓ -78%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $302.90 ↓ -78%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $302.90 ↓ -78%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $305.78 ↓ -78%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $311.55 ↓ -77%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $311.55 ↓ -77%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $317.32 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $356.15 ↓ -74%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $570.61 ↓ -58%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $570.61 ↓ -58%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $570.61 ↓ -58%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $590.58 ↓ -57%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $610.55 ↓ -55%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $621.96 ↓ -54%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $621.96 ↓ -54%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $627.67 ↓ -54%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $627.67 ↓ -54%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $639.08 ↓ -53%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $650.50 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $657.83 ↓ -52%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $736.09 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $768.87 ↓ -44%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $770.32 ↓ -43%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $796.10 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $879.90 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $907.14 ↓ -33%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $925.99 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $942.75 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,068.45 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,068.45 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $1,089.40 ↓ -20%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,118.73 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $1,257.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,257.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $1,257.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $1,257.00 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,344.99 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,344.99 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,344.99 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $1,357.56 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $1,361.75 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $1,571.25 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $1,676.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,676.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $1,676.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,676.00 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $1,780.75 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $1,885.50 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $1,885.50 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $1,885.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $2,095.00 ↑ +54%

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Echo transthoracic at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,282.32 $542.08 – $952.35
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,928.41 $570.61 – $1,266.75
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $5,409.30 $570.61 – $1,041.93
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,933.45 $54.28 – $3,349.85
martin north hospital Stuart $2,561.65 $157.13 – $1,970.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,561.65 $119.00 – $3,152.80
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,361.75 $173.17 – $1,885.50
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $1,361.75 $297.58 – $1,885.50

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