Platelets irradiated ea unit 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

$144.30

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.

$222.00

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.

$37.74 with BLUE CROSS vs $530.51 with MEDICARE — 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
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $37.74 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $69.71 ↓ -52%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $81.47 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $84.36 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $93.24 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $96.13 ↓ -33%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $98.12 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $99.90 ↓ -31%
AETNA AETNA HMO $113.22 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $113.22 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $115.44 ↓ -20%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $118.55 ↓ -18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $133.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $133.20 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $133.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $133.20 ↓ -8%
AVMED AVMED HMO $142.52 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED PPO $142.52 ↓ -1%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $142.52 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $143.86 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $144.30 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $166.50 ↑ +15%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $167.89 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $177.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $177.60 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $177.60 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $177.60 ↑ +23%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $187.76 ↑ +30%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $187.76 ↑ +30%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $188.70 ↑ +31%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $197.15 ↑ +37%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $197.15 ↑ +37%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $197.15 ↑ +37%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $199.03 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $199.80 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $199.80 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $199.80 ↑ +38%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $202.78 ↑ +41%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $202.78 ↑ +41%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $206.54 ↑ +43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $222.00 ↑ +54%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $392.97 ↑ +172%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $392.97 ↑ +172%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $392.97 ↑ +172%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $406.72 ↑ +182%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $420.48 ↑ +191%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $428.34 ↑ +197%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $428.34 ↑ +197%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $432.27 ↑ +200%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $432.27 ↑ +200%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $440.13 ↑ +205%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $447.99 ↑ +210%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $506.93 ↑ +251%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $530.51 ↑ +268%

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Platelets irradiated ea unit at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $946.05 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $362.70 $136.29 – $474.30
martin north hospital Stuart $362.70 $71.00 – $441.84
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $144.30 $38.41 – $440.13
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $144.30 $44.62 – $408.69
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $428.35 $198.36 – $524.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $144.30 $38.85 – $440.13
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $144.30 $38.63 – $432.27

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