Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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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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.

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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.

$3.59 with Aetna vs $62.40 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
Aetna MCR $3.59
BCBS MCRHMO $3.80
Optimum MGMCR $4.47
Freedom Health MGMCR $4.47
BCBS MBN $5.20
BCBS SBN $6.50
BCBS HMO $6.50
Humana TRICR $6.64
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $6.76
Freedom Health MGMCD $8.32
BCBS PPO $8.48
BCBS NWB $8.48
United AllPayerAppendix $11.40
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $11.75
BCBS PHS $11.75
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $11.96
United PPO OptionsPPO $12.32
AvMed Focus $13.52
AvMed Select $13.52
AvMed Flex $13.52
AvMed Engage $13.52
AvMed Empower $13.52
Aetna ASA $15.60
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $23.40
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $26.00
Plotkin Health COMM $26.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $26.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $26.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $26.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $30.68
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $39.00
Evernorth BH COMM $41.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $44.20
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $62.40
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $59.70 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $389.08 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $64.15 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $150.56 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $80.88 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $365.77 not published
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $142.00 $6.64 – $14.86
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS $85.00 $6.64 – $11.40

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