Artery x-rays spine at HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL
3663 South Miami Ave, MIAMI, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1023387479
$18,229.00
Cash price 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.
$18,229.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,567.69 with Freedom Health vs $21,874.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,567.69 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $1,567.69 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $2,187.48 | ↓ -88% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $2,369.77 | ↓ -87% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,433.00 | ↓ -87% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,484.22 | ↓ -86% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,484.22 | ↓ -86% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $2,916.64 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $3,463.51 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $3,828.09 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $3,828.09 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $3,882.78 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $4,010.38 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $4,192.67 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $4,320.27 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $4,374.96 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Focus | $4,739.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $4,739.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $4,739.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $4,739.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $4,739.54 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $4,739.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $4,921.83 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $5,468.70 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $6,197.86 | ↓ -66% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $8,203.05 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $9,114.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $9,114.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $9,114.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $9,114.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $9,114.50 | ↓ -50% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10,733.33 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $10,755.11 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $13,671.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $14,583.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $15,494.65 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $21,874.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $8,130.20 | $173.17 – $11,257.20 |
| West Kendall Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $8,130.20 | $2,138.87 – $11,257.20 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $11,524.16 | $5,520.33 – $9,698.35 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $6,440.61 | $5,520.33 – $12,411.45 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $46,619.20 | $5,810.88 – $12,900.14 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $20,013.00 | $2,231.43 – $10,733.33 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $21,237.15 | $5,810.88 – $10,610.66 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $30,872.40 | $89.93 – $39,630.40 |