Cholesterol body fluid 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.

$17.25 with Aetna vs $329.24 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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
Aetna MCR $17.25
BCBS MCRHMO $18.25
Optimum MGMCR $21.50
Freedom Health MGMCR $21.50
AvMed HIX $30.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $32.50
Freedom Health MGMCD $40.00
Oscar HIX $40.00
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $42.50
Molina MCR $47.50
Humana HMO $52.50
AvMed FullyInsured $52.50
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $53.25
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $55.00
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $57.50
United PPO OptionsPPO $59.25
AvMed ASOEO $60.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $65.00
AvMed Select $65.00
AvMed Empower $65.00
AvMed Engage $65.00
AvMed Flex $65.00
AvMed Focus $65.00
Molina HIX $67.50
Aetna ASA $75.00
Humana PPO $85.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $112.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $125.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $125.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $125.00
Plotkin Health COMM $125.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $125.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $147.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $187.50
Evernorth BH COMM $200.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $212.50
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $300.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $322.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $329.24
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $329.24
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Cholesterol body fluid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $297.70 $4.15 – $21.60
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $297.70 $4.10 – $21.60
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $110.74 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $151.03 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $550.21 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $94.92 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $18.92 not published
indian river hospital Vero Beach $187.20 $5.78 – $47.20

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