Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$1,602.00

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,602.00

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.

$33.84 with United vs $1,922.40 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 $33.84 ↓ -98%
Freedom Health MGMCR $137.77 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $137.77 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $190.53 ↓ -88%
AvMed HIX $192.24 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $194.54 ↓ -88%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $194.54 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $208.26 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $256.32 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $256.32 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $272.34 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $304.38 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $336.42 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $336.42 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $341.23 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $352.44 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $368.46 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $379.67 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $384.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $416.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $416.52 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $416.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $416.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $416.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $416.52 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $432.54 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $480.60 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $544.68 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $720.90 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $801.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $801.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $801.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $801.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $801.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $945.18 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,201.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $1,281.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,361.70 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,922.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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