Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$152.75

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.

$235.00

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.

$27.51 with BLUE CROSS vs $159.00 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
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $27.51 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $49.93 ↓ -67%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $56.45 ↓ -63%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $58.35 ↓ -62%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $60.42 ↓ -60%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $60.42 ↓ -60%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $64.24 ↓ -58%
AVMED AVMED HMO $65.83 ↓ -57%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $66.78 ↓ -56%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $69.96 ↓ -54%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $71.55 ↓ -53%
AVMED AVMED PPO $78.23 ↓ -49%
AETNA AETNA HMO $81.09 ↓ -47%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $81.09 ↓ -47%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $81.09 ↓ -47%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $82.68 ↓ -46%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $95.40 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $95.40 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $95.40 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $95.40 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $103.03 ↓ -33%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $103.35 ↓ -32%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $119.25 ↓ -22%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $127.20 ↓ -17%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $127.20 ↓ -17%
AETNA AETNA PPO $127.20 ↓ -17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $127.20 ↓ -17%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $135.15 ↓ -12%
PHCS PHCS $143.10 ↓ -6%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $143.10 ↓ -6%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $143.10 ↓ -6%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $143.10 ↓ -6%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $159.00 ↑ +4%

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