Abdominal MRI (with 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

$15,170.00

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.

$15,170.00

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.

$828.27 with United vs $18,204.00 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 $828.27 ↓ -95%
AvMed HIX $1,034.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHP $1,116.00 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,304.62 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1,304.62 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $1,462.00 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,972.10 ↓ -87%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -87%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -86%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2,427.20 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $2,882.30 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3,231.21 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $3,337.40 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $3,489.10 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $3,595.29 ↓ -76%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,717.02 ↓ -75%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,795.27 ↓ -75%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $3,795.27 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,944.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $3,944.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $3,944.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $3,944.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $3,944.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $3,944.20 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4,095.90 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $4,551.00 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6,826.50 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $7,585.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $7,585.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $7,585.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $7,585.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $7,585.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $8,950.30 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $11,377.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $12,136.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $12,894.50 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $18,204.00 ↑ +20%

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Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,765.45 $173.17 – $5,213.70
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,765.45 $247.73 – $5,213.70
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $6,689.73 $346.11 – $748.98
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,161.52 $364.32 – $958.38
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,568.54 $346.11 – $1,140.93
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $6,371.24 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,872.85 $346.11 – $977.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,169.82 $364.32 – $665.25

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