Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open 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

$3,614.65

Cash price

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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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$5,561.00

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 $2,780.00 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 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $480.94 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $539.00 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $539.00 ↓ -85%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $640.35 ↓ -82%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $640.35 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $672.37 ↓ -81%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $672.37 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $672.37 ↓ -81%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $678.77 ↓ -81%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $691.58 ↓ -81%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $691.58 ↓ -81%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $704.39 ↓ -81%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $750.60 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $872.92 ↓ -76%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $986.90 ↓ -73%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,020.26 ↓ -72%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $1,056.40 ↓ -71%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,056.40 ↓ -71%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,123.12 ↓ -69%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,150.92 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,167.60 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,223.20 ↓ -66%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,251.00 ↓ -65%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,367.76 ↓ -62%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,417.80 ↓ -61%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $1,417.80 ↓ -61%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,417.80 ↓ -61%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $1,643.86 ↓ -55%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,668.00 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $1,668.00 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $1,701.39 ↓ -53%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $1,758.93 ↓ -51%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $1,791.80 ↓ -50%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $1,791.80 ↓ -50%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $1,801.44 ↓ -50%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $1,807.00 ↓ -50%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $1,808.24 ↓ -50%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $1,808.24 ↓ -50%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $1,841.12 ↓ -49%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $1,841.12 ↓ -49%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $1,841.12 ↓ -49%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,874.00 ↓ -48%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $2,085.00 ↓ -42%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $2,120.58 ↓ -41%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $2,219.21 ↓ -39%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $2,224.00 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $2,224.00 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $2,224.00 ↓ -38%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,224.00 ↓ -38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $2,363.00 ↓ -35%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $2,502.00 ↓ -31%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $2,502.00 ↓ -31%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $2,502.00 ↓ -31%
PHCS PHCS $2,502.00 ↓ -31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $2,780.00 ↓ -23%

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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,614.65 $475.38 – $2,502.00
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI not published $952.68 – $972.74
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,899.91 $1,561.66 – $2,743.60
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,532.70 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,829.02 $1,561.66 – $3,511.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,994.42 $1,643.86 – $3,649.36
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,011.38 $1,561.66 – $3,591.00
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,625.23 $1,643.86 – $3,001.68

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