Chest CT scan (with and without 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

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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.

$401.74 with United vs $19,645.20 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 $401.74
Aetna QHP $809.00
AvMed HIX $845.00
Aetna HMO $1,061.00
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,407.91
Optimum MGMCR $1,407.91
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,128.23
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $2,619.36
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,025.54
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $3,089.24
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,089.24
Molina MCR $3,110.49
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3,487.02
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $3,601.62
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $3,765.33
United PPO OptionsPPO $3,879.93
AvMed Select $4,256.46
AvMed Empower $4,256.46
AvMed Flex $4,256.46
AvMed Focus $4,256.46
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,256.46
AvMed Engage $4,256.46
Molina HIX $4,420.17
Aetna ASA $4,911.30
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,366.95
Plotkin Health COMM $8,185.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $8,185.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $8,185.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $8,185.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $8,185.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $9,658.89
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $12,278.25
Evernorth BH COMM $13,096.80
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $13,915.35
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $19,645.20

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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,872.70 $173.17 – $5,241.60
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,785.60 $183.17 – $5,241.60
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,582.20 $174.01 – $492.42
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $12,594.09 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $5,267.33 $174.01 – $669.56
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,409.14 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,208.85 $174.01 – $642.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $9,953.69 $183.17 – $391.35

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