Carotene 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.

$9.13 with HUMANA vs $261.60 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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.13
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.13
Humana TRICR $9.18
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $9.22
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $9.22
United GVT $9.22
Devoted Health MCR $9.22
United AllPayerAppendix $9.22
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.22
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $9.22
Leon Health MCR $9.22
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.22
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $9.22
Wellmed MGMCR $9.22
BCBS MCRPPO $9.40
United MCR $9.40
BCBS MCRHMO $9.40
Aetna MCR $9.50
Oscar MCR $9.68
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.68
Sunshine State MCR $9.68
American Health Plan MCR $9.77
Align MCR $9.87
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.87
AvMed MCR $9.96
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $10.14
Sunshine State MCD $10.14
Centurion GVT $10.14
Gold Kidney MCR $10.33
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $11.06
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.06
Oscar HIX $13.00
Solis Health Plan MCR $13.37
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $13.83
Freedom Health MGMCR $18.75
Optimum MGMCR $18.75
AvMed HIX $26.16
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $28.34
Freedom Health MGMCD $34.88
Molina MCR $41.42
Humana HMO $45.78
AvMed FullyInsured $45.78
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $46.43
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $47.96
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $50.14
United PPO OptionsPPO $51.67
AvMed ASOEO $52.32
AvMed Select $56.68
AvMed Flex $56.68
AvMed Engage $56.68
AvMed Focus $56.68
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $56.68
AvMed Empower $56.68
Molina HIX $58.86
Aetna ASA $65.40
Humana PPO $74.12
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $80.61
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.30
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.30
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $98.10
Plotkin Health COMM $109.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $109.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $109.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $109.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $109.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $128.62
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $163.50
Evernorth BH COMM $174.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $185.30
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $261.60
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Carotene at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $27.30 $2.85 – $37.80
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $27.30 $2.76 – $37.80
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $62.88 $9.22 – $20.47
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $35.60 $8.76 – $20.14
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $10.00 $7.38 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $61.22 $9.22 – $16.84
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $9.10 $2.59 – $14.00
martin north hospital Stuart $26.00 $2.73 – $13.58

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