Assay of feces porphyrins 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

$709.00

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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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$709.00

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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$38.72 with HUMANA vs $850.80 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.

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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

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 MGMCRPPO $38.72 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $38.72 ↓ -95%
Humana TRICR $38.94 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $39.11 ↓ -94%
Leon Health MCR $39.11 ↓ -94%
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $39.11 ↓ -94%
Wellmed MGMCR $39.11 ↓ -94%
United GVT $39.11 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $39.11 ↓ -94%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $39.11 ↓ -94%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $39.11 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MCR $39.11 ↓ -94%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $39.11 ↓ -94%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $39.11 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $39.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $39.89 ↓ -94%
United MCR $39.89 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $40.28 ↓ -94%
Oscar MCR $41.07 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCR $41.07 ↓ -94%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $41.07 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MCR $41.46 ↓ -94%
Florida Complete Care MCR $41.85 ↓ -94%
Align MCR $41.85 ↓ -94%
AvMed MCR $42.24 ↓ -94%
Centurion GVT $43.02 ↓ -94%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $43.02 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCD $43.02 ↓ -94%
Gold Kidney MCR $43.80 ↓ -94%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $46.93 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $46.93 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $55.15 ↓ -92%
Solis Health Plan MCR $56.71 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $58.66 ↓ -92%
Optimum MGMCR $60.97 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $60.97 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $80.61 ↓ -89%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.30 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.30 ↓ -88%
AvMed HIX $85.08 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $92.17 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $113.44 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $134.71 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $148.89 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $148.89 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $151.02 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $155.98 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $163.07 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $168.03 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $170.16 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $184.34 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $184.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $184.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $184.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $184.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $184.34 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $191.43 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $212.70 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $241.06 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $319.05 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $354.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $354.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $354.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $354.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $354.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $418.31 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $531.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $567.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $602.65 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $850.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $603.67 $39.11 – $86.82
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $511.00 $31.29 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $136.89 $39.11 – $71.41
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Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $268.45 $39.11 – $103.17
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $69.99 $35.44 – $76.63
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $9.75 $35.44 – $77.95

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