Drain chest lesion at Baptist Hospital

8900 NORTH KENDALL DRIVE, MIAMI, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1528042884

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$7,957.95

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.

$12,243.00

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.

$173.17 with VISTA vs $12,243.00 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 $173.17 ↓ -98%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $1,465.57 ↓ -82%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $1,465.57 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $1,538.85 ↓ -81%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $1,538.85 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $1,538.85 ↓ -81%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $1,553.50 ↓ -80%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $1,582.82 ↓ -80%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $1,582.82 ↓ -80%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $1,612.13 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $2,118.04 ↓ -73%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $3,416.88 ↓ -57%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $3,536.47 ↓ -56%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $3,656.06 ↓ -54%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $3,724.40 ↓ -53%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $3,724.40 ↓ -53%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $3,758.57 ↓ -53%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $3,758.57 ↓ -53%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $3,826.91 ↓ -52%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $3,826.91 ↓ -52%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $3,826.91 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $3,844.30 ↓ -52%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,895.24 ↓ -51%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $4,346.27 ↓ -45%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $4,407.78 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $4,493.18 ↓ -44%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $4,612.79 ↓ -42%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $4,652.34 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $4,652.34 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $4,946.17 ↓ -38%
AVMED AVMED HMO $5,068.60 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $5,142.06 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $5,386.92 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $5,509.35 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $6,023.56 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA HMO $6,243.93 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $6,243.93 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $6,243.93 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $6,366.36 ↓ -20%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $7,345.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $7,345.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $7,345.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $7,345.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $7,933.46 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $7,957.95 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $9,182.25 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $9,794.40 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $9,794.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $9,794.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $9,794.40 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $10,406.55 ↑ +31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $11,018.70 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $11,018.70 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $11,018.70 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $11,018.70 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $12,243.00 ↑ +54%

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