Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) 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

$5,494.00

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.

$5,494.00

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.

$472.48 with Optimum vs $6,592.80 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
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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
Optimum MGMCR $472.48 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $472.48 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $714.22 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $879.04 ↓ -84%
AvMed HIX $1,034.00 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $1,043.86 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHP $1,116.00 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,170.22 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,208.68 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,263.62 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,302.08 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $1,428.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1,428.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1,428.44 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,428.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,428.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $1,428.44 ↓ -74%
Aetna HMO $1,462.00 ↓ -73%
Molina HIX $1,483.38 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $1,648.20 ↓ -70%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -63%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -61%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -58%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,398.97 ↓ -56%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,449.47 ↓ -55%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,449.47 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,472.30 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,747.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $2,747.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $2,747.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,747.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,747.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $3,241.46 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,120.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $4,395.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,669.90 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $6,592.80 ↑ +20%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,395.60 $173.17 – $4,701.60
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,395.60 $313.98 – $4,701.60
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,404.82 $346.11 – $748.98
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $6,164.11 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $7,318.03 $364.32 – $808.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,138.44 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,314.00 $49.57 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $44.35 – $1,540.00

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