Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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.

$175.75 with CorVel Corporation vs $3,495.60 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $175.75
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $179.45
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $179.45
Freedom Health MGMCR $250.52
Optimum MGMCR $250.52
AvMed HIX $349.56
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $378.69
Freedom Health MGMCD $466.08
Oscar HIX $466.08
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $495.21
Molina MCR $553.47
Cigna PPO $611.73
AvMed FullyInsured $611.73
Humana HMO $611.73
Cigna HMO $611.73
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $620.47
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $640.86
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $669.99
United PPO OptionsPPO $690.38
AvMed ASOEO $699.12
AvMed Engage $757.38
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $757.38
AvMed Focus $757.38
AvMed Empower $757.38
AvMed Flex $757.38
AvMed Select $757.38
Molina HIX $786.51
Aetna ASA $873.90
Humana PPO $990.42
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,310.85
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,456.50
Plotkin Health COMM $1,456.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,456.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,456.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,456.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,718.67
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,184.75
Evernorth BH COMM $2,330.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,476.05
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,495.60
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,165.80 $104.70 – $2,996.10
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,163.85 $101.50 – $2,996.10
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,790.96 $236.71 – $415.86
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $6,921.03 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,889.00 $236.71 – $532.20
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,310.93 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,101.78 $236.71 – $544.31
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,695.84 $249.17 – $454.98

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