Intro long gi tube 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

$880.75

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.

$1,355.00

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 $1,355.00 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 ↓ -81%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $220.51 ↓ -75%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $220.51 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $230.35 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $231.54 ↓ -74%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $231.54 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $231.54 ↓ -74%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $233.74 ↓ -73%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $238.15 ↓ -73%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $238.15 ↓ -73%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $242.56 ↓ -72%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $311.65 ↓ -65%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $365.85 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $425.47 ↓ -52%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $497.29 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $514.90 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $569.10 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $586.72 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $609.75 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $691.05 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $691.05 ↓ -22%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $723.57 ↓ -18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $803.00 ↓ -9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $803.00 ↓ -9%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $813.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $813.00 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED HMO $869.91 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $869.91 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $869.91 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $878.04 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $880.75 ↑ +0%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $947.15 ↑ +8%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $947.15 ↑ +8%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $947.15 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $980.30 ↑ +11%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $1,013.45 ↑ +15%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $1,016.25 ↑ +15%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $1,032.39 ↑ +17%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $1,032.39 ↑ +17%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $1,041.86 ↑ +18%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $1,041.86 ↑ +18%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $1,060.80 ↑ +20%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,079.75 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $1,084.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $1,084.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $1,084.00 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $1,084.00 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $1,151.75 ↑ +31%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $1,219.50 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $1,219.50 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $1,219.50 ↑ +38%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $1,221.82 ↑ +39%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $1,278.65 ↑ +45%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $1,355.00 ↑ +54%

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Intro long gi tube at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,542.17 $899.79 – $1,580.79
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,798.84 $947.15 – $2,102.66
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,504.15 $14.55 – $4,582.35
martin north hospital Stuart $3,504.15 $14.55 – $2,695.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $3,504.15 $14.55 – $4,312.80
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $880.75 $173.17 – $1,219.50
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $880.75 $227.47 – $1,219.50
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $619.45 $343.08 – $967.34

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