Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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.

$7.38 with Aetna vs $128.40 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
Aetna MCR $7.38
BCBS MCRHMO $7.81
Humana TRICR $8.19
Freedom Health MGMCR $9.20
Optimum MGMCR $9.20
BCBS MBN $10.70
BCBS SBN $13.38
BCBS HMO $13.38
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $13.91
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96
Freedom Health MGMCD $17.12
BCBS NWB $17.44
BCBS PPO $17.44
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $24.18
BCBS PHS $24.18
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $24.61
United PPO OptionsPPO $25.36
AvMed Select $27.82
AvMed Focus $27.82
AvMed Flex $27.82
AvMed Engage $27.82
AvMed Empower $27.82
Aetna ASA $32.10
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $48.15
Plotkin Health COMM $53.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $53.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $53.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $53.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $53.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $63.13
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $80.25
Evernorth BH COMM $85.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $90.95
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $128.40
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $21.28 $10.30 – $12.23
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES $33.41 $8.19 – $18.19
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando $110.00 $8.19 – $13.96
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $8.44 – $13.96
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA not published $8.19 – $18.19
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS not published $8.19 – $13.96
HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL DORAL not published $8.19 – $13.96
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL TALLAHASSEE not published $8.19 – $22.42

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