Aluminum - quest 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.

$8.38 with CorVel Corporation vs $261.60 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.38
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.56
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $8.56
Freedom Health MGMCR $18.75
Optimum MGMCR $18.75
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $25.23
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $25.23
Humana TRICR $25.37
Devoted Health MCR $25.48
United Behavioral Health VACCN $25.48
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48
United GVT $25.48
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $25.48
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $25.48
Leon Health MCR $25.48
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $25.48
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $25.48
Wellmed MGMCR $25.48
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $25.48
United MCR $25.99
BCBS MCRPPO $25.99
BCBS MCRHMO $25.99
AvMed HIX $26.16
Aetna MCR $26.24
Oscar MCR $26.75
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $26.75
Sunshine State MCR $26.75
American Health Plan MCR $27.01
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.26
Align MCR $27.26
AvMed MCR $27.52
Sunshine State MCD $28.03
Centurion GVT $28.03
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $28.03
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $28.34
Gold Kidney MCR $28.54
Longevity Health Plan MCR $30.58
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $30.58
Freedom Health MGMCD $34.88
Oscar HIX $35.93
Solis Health Plan MCR $36.95
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $38.22
Molina MCR $41.42
Humana HMO $45.78
AvMed FullyInsured $45.78
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $46.43
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $47.96
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $50.14
United PPO OptionsPPO $51.67
AvMed ASOEO $52.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $56.68
AvMed Flex $56.68
AvMed Engage $56.68
AvMed Empower $56.68
AvMed Select $56.68
AvMed Focus $56.68
Molina HIX $58.86
Aetna ASA $65.40
Humana PPO $74.12
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $98.10
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $109.00
Plotkin Health COMM $109.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $109.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $109.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $109.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $128.62
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $163.50
Evernorth BH COMM $174.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $185.30
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $261.60
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Aluminum - quest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $29.25 $6.36 – $40.50
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $29.25 $6.16 – $40.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $17.39 $24.21 – $42.53
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $17.68 $24.21 – $54.42
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $393.29 $25.48 – $56.57
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $112.23 $24.21 – $55.66
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $68.00 $7.69 – $36.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $170.29 $25.48 – $46.53

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