Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL

3663 South Miami Ave, MIAMI, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1023387479

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$401.74 with United vs $19,722.00 with AIDS 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
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Aetna QHP $809.00
AvMed HIX $845.00
Aetna HMO $1,061.00
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,413.41
Optimum MGMCR $1,413.41
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,136.55
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $2,629.60
Molina MCR $3,122.65
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3,500.66
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $3,615.70
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $3,780.05
United PPO OptionsPPO $3,895.09
AvMed Focus $4,273.10
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,273.10
AvMed Empower $4,273.10
AvMed Engage $4,273.10
AvMed Flex $4,273.10
AvMed Select $4,273.10
Molina HIX $4,437.45
Aetna ASA $4,930.50
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,395.75
Plotkin Health COMM $8,217.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $8,217.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $8,217.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $8,217.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $8,217.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8,544.79
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $8,724.68
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8,724.68
Medica HealthCare MCR $9,696.65
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $12,326.25
Evernorth BH COMM $13,148.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $13,969.75
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $19,722.00

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Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $4,433.65 $173.17 – $5,467.50
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,948.75 $183.17 – $5,467.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $6,469.69 $174.01 – $492.42
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $12,580.49 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $6,259.05 $174.01 – $669.56
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,380.54 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,584.28 $174.01 – $642.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $10,534.71 $183.17 – $391.35

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