Smear gram stain at Baptist Hospital
8900 NORTH KENDALL DRIVE, MIAMI, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1528042884
$160.55
Cash price 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.
$247.00
Gross charge 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.
$3.24 with VISTA vs $179.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $3.24 | ↓ -98% |
| MEDICARE | SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC | $4.27 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE PPO | $4.42 | ↓ -97% |
| MEDICA HEALTH PLAN | MEDICA MCR HMO | $4.57 | ↓ -97% |
| HUMANA | CAREPLUS MC HMO | $4.65 | ↓ -97% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $4.65 | ↓ -97% |
| AVMED | AVMED MEDICARE | $4.70 | ↓ -97% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO | $4.70 | ↓ -97% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON MED MC HMO NC | $4.78 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $4.78 | ↓ -97% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON HEALTH MC HMO | $4.78 | ↓ -97% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.87 | ↓ -97% |
| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $5.16 | ↓ -97% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $5.16 | ↓ -97% |
| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $5.42 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $5.42 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $5.42 | ↓ -97% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $5.47 | ↓ -97% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | PROMINENCE | $5.51 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $5.57 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $5.57 | ↓ -97% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $5.68 | ↓ -96% |
| MEDICARE | DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO | $5.76 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $30.97 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $56.21 | ↓ -65% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $63.55 | ↓ -60% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $65.69 | ↓ -59% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $68.02 | ↓ -58% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $68.02 | ↓ -58% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $72.32 | ↓ -55% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $74.11 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $75.18 | ↓ -53% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $78.76 | ↓ -51% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $80.55 | ↓ -50% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $88.07 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA | AETNA TIER 2 | $91.29 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA | AETNA CATASTROPHIC | $91.29 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $91.29 | ↓ -43% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $93.08 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP HMO | $107.40 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $107.40 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $107.40 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $107.40 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS | $115.99 | ↓ -28% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $116.35 | ↓ -28% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION PLUS | $134.25 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $143.20 | ↓ -11% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $143.20 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $143.20 | ↓ -11% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $143.20 | ↓ -11% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $152.15 | ↓ -5% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION 2 | $161.10 | ↑ +0% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $161.10 | ↑ +0% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $161.10 | ↑ +0% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $161.10 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $179.00 | ↑ +11% |
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Smear gram stain at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Kendall Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $160.55 | $4.27 – $170.10 |
| HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL | MIAMI | not published | $4.23 – $99.42 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $135.31 | $4.06 – $7.13 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $354.83 | $4.27 – $9.48 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $132.83 | $4.06 – $9.12 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $180.77 | $4.27 – $9.48 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $107.32 | $4.06 – $9.33 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $32.01 | $4.27 – $7.80 |