Breastbone (Sternum) X-ray at HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL

3663 South Miami Ave, MIAMI, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1023387479

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$137.53 with United vs $2,425.20 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
United AllPayerAppendix $137.53 —
Freedom Health MGMCR $173.81 —
Optimum MGMCR $173.81 —
AvMed HIX $222.31 —
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $262.73 —
Freedom Health MGMCD $323.36 —
Molina MCR $383.99 —
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $430.47 —
AvMed FullyInsured $444.62 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $444.62 —
United PPO OptionsPPO $464.83 —
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $464.83 —
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $467.96 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $477.81 —
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $477.81 —
AvMed ASOEO $505.25 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $525.46 —
AvMed Select $545.67 —
AvMed Focus $545.67 —
AvMed Flex $545.67 —
AvMed Empower $545.67 —
Molina HIX $545.67 —
AvMed Engage $545.67 —
Aetna ASA $606.30 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $909.45 —
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,010.50 —
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,010.50 —
Plotkin Health COMM $1,010.50 —
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,010.50 —
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,010.50 —
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,192.39 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,515.75 —
Evernorth BH COMM $1,616.80 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,717.85 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,425.20 —

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Breastbone (Sternum) X-ray at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $627.90 $17.62 – $669.60
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $627.90 $17.08 – $869.40
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $898.60 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,520.44 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $934.16 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,580.12 $76.59 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $744.37 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,571.96 $80.04 – $165.94

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