Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$1,849.00

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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$1,849.00

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.

$149.16 with United vs $2,218.80 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 $149.16 ↓ -92%
Optimum MGMCR $159.01 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $159.01 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $221.88 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $240.37 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $295.84 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $295.84 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $299.41 ↓ -84%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $305.71 ↓ -83%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $305.71 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $314.33 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $351.31 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $388.29 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $388.29 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $393.84 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $406.78 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $425.27 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $438.21 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $443.76 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $480.74 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $480.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $480.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $480.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $480.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $480.74 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $499.23 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $554.70 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $628.66 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $832.05 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $924.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $924.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $924.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $924.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $924.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,090.91 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,386.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $1,479.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,571.65 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,218.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $512.85 $19.44 – $710.10
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $512.85 $58.85 – $710.10
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $479.09 $169.02 – $296.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $455.16 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $783.67 $169.02 – $380.01
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $938.29 $177.91 – $394.97
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $159.00 $169.02 – $388.65
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $734.89 $177.91 – $324.87

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