Myelography thoracic spine 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

$1,922.70

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.

$2,958.00

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 $2,958.00 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 ↓ -91%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $342.29 ↓ -82%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $342.29 ↓ -82%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $359.40 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $359.40 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $359.40 ↓ -81%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $362.82 ↓ -81%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $369.67 ↓ -81%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $369.67 ↓ -81%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $376.51 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $502.86 ↓ -74%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $818.63 ↓ -57%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $818.63 ↓ -57%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $818.63 ↓ -57%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $847.28 ↓ -56%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $875.94 ↓ -54%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $892.31 ↓ -54%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $892.31 ↓ -54%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $900.50 ↓ -53%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $900.50 ↓ -53%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $916.87 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $928.81 ↓ -52%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $933.24 ↓ -51%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $1,056.04 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,085.59 ↓ -44%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $1,105.15 ↓ -43%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,124.04 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,242.36 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,280.81 ↓ -33%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $1,307.44 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,331.10 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,508.58 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,508.58 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $1,538.16 ↓ -20%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,579.57 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $1,774.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $1,774.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,774.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $1,774.80 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,899.04 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,899.04 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,899.04 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $1,916.78 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $1,922.70 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $2,218.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,366.40 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $2,366.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $2,366.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $2,366.40 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $2,514.30 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $2,662.20 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $2,662.20 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $2,662.20 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $2,958.00 ↑ +54%

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