Artery x-rays chest 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

$5,886.00

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.

$5,886.00

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.

$506.20 with Freedom Health vs $7,063.20 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $506.20 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $506.20 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $706.32 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $765.18 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $941.76 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,118.34 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $1,236.06 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,236.06 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,253.72 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,294.92 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,353.78 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,394.98 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $1,412.64 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $1,530.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1,530.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $1,530.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $1,530.36 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,530.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,530.36 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,589.22 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $1,765.80 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $2,001.24 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,648.70 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,877.93 ↓ -51%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,938.52 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,938.52 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,943.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $2,943.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,943.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,943.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $2,943.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $3,472.74 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,414.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $4,708.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,003.10 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↑ +9%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $7,063.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $6,271.20 $173.17 – $8,683.20
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $6,271.20 $1,069.24 – $8,683.20
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $10,046.69 $1,361.03 – $5,503.18
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,333.83 $1,104.38 – $7,319.99
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $12,920.80 $1,154.15 – $6,020.85
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