Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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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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.

$6.54 with Humana vs $1,041.60 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
Humana TRICR $6.54
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.60
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.60
Wellmed MGMCR $6.67
Devoted Health MCR $6.67
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $6.67
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.67
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.67
Leon Health MCR $6.67
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $6.67
United GVT $6.67
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $6.67
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $6.67
BCBS MCRPPO $6.80
United MCR $6.80
BCBS MCRHMO $6.80
Aetna MCR $6.87
Oscar MCR $7.00
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $7.00
Sunshine State MCR $7.00
American Health Plan MCR $7.07
Align MCR $7.14
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.14
AvMed MCR $7.20
Centurion GVT $7.34
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $7.34
Sunshine State MCD $7.34
Gold Kidney MCR $7.47
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $8.00
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.50
Solis Health Plan MCR $9.67
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $9.70
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.70
Optimum MGMCR $74.65
Freedom Health MGMCR $74.65
AvMed HIX $104.16
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $112.84
Oscar HIX $138.88
Freedom Health MGMCD $138.88
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $147.56
Molina MCR $164.92
AvMed FullyInsured $182.28
Cigna HMO $182.28
Humana HMO $182.28
Cigna PPO $182.28
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $184.88
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $190.96
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $199.64
United PPO OptionsPPO $205.72
AvMed ASOEO $208.32
AvMed Select $225.68
AvMed Flex $225.68
AvMed Focus $225.68
AvMed Engage $225.68
AvMed Empower $225.68
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $225.68
Molina HIX $234.36
Aetna ASA $260.40
Humana PPO $295.12
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $390.60
Plotkin Health COMM $434.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $434.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $434.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $434.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $434.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $512.12
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $651.00
Evernorth BH COMM $694.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $737.80
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,041.60
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $147.55 $6.67 – $204.30
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $147.55 $6.67 – $204.30
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $156.18 $6.34 – $11.13
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $198.66 $6.67 – $14.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $208.61 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $261.59 $6.67 – $14.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $85.83 $6.34 – $14.57
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $253.76 not published

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