Assay of breath ethanol 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

$152.00

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.

$152.00

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.

$13.07 with Freedom Health vs $182.40 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $13.07 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $13.07 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $18.24 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $19.76 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $24.32 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $28.88 ↓ -81%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $29.70 ↓ -80%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $29.70 ↓ -80%
Humana TRICR $29.87 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health MCR $30.00 ↓ -80%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $30.00 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $30.00 ↓ -80%
United GVT $30.00 ↓ -80%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $30.00 ↓ -80%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $30.00 ↓ -80%
Leon Health MCR $30.00 ↓ -80%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $30.00 ↓ -80%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $30.00 ↓ -80%
Wellmed MGMCR $30.00 ↓ -80%
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $30.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCRHMO $30.60 ↓ -80%
United MCR $30.60 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCRPPO $30.60 ↓ -80%
Aetna MCR $30.90 ↓ -80%
Oscar MCR $31.50 ↓ -79%
Sunshine State MCR $31.50 ↓ -79%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $31.50 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan MCR $31.80 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $31.92 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $31.92 ↓ -79%
Align MCR $32.10 ↓ -79%
Florida Complete Care MCR $32.10 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $32.38 ↓ -79%
AvMed MCR $32.40 ↓ -79%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $33.00 ↓ -78%
Sunshine State MCD $33.00 ↓ -78%
Centurion GVT $33.00 ↓ -78%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $33.44 ↓ -78%
Gold Kidney MCR $33.60 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $34.96 ↓ -77%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $36.00 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $36.00 ↓ -76%
United PPO OptionsPPO $36.02 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $36.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed Flex $39.52 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $39.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $39.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $39.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $39.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $39.52 ↓ -74%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.79 ↓ -74%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $40.62 ↓ -73%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $40.62 ↓ -73%
Molina HIX $41.04 ↓ -73%
Oscar HIX $42.30 ↓ -72%
Solis Health Plan MCR $43.50 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $45.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $45.60 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $51.68 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $68.40 ↓ -55%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $76.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $76.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $76.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $76.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $76.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $89.68 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $114.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $121.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $129.20 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $182.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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