Esophageal dilat s&i 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

$5,032.95

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.

$7,743.00

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.

$129.63 with MEDICAID vs $7,743.00 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
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $129.63 ↓ -97%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $129.63 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $136.11 ↓ -97%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $136.11 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $136.11 ↓ -97%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $137.40 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $140.00 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $140.00 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $142.59 ↓ -97%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $173.17 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $1,339.54 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $2,431.30 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $2,748.77 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $2,841.68 ↓ -44%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $2,942.34 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $2,942.34 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $3,128.17 ↓ -38%
AVMED AVMED HMO $3,205.60 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $3,252.06 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $3,406.92 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $3,484.35 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $3,809.56 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $3,948.93 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $3,948.93 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $3,948.93 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $4,026.36 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $4,645.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $4,645.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $4,645.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $4,645.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $5,017.46 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $5,032.95 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $5,807.25 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $6,194.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $6,194.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $6,194.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $6,194.40 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $6,581.55 ↑ +31%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $6,968.70 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $6,968.70 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $6,968.70 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $6,968.70 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $7,743.00 ↑ +54%

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Esophageal dilat s&i at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $5,032.95 $125.66 – $6,968.70
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI $2,232.00 $857.41 – $875.46
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $646.41 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $2,040.00 $786.37 – $802.93
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,066.40 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $863.85 $24.74 – $950.30
martin north hospital Stuart $863.85 $22.13 – $559.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $726.70 $21.64 – $894.40

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