F-18 sodium fluoride 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

$2,220.00

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.

$2,220.00

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.

$153.18 with Aetna vs $2,664.00 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
Aetna MCR $153.18 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $162.06 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $190.92 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $190.92 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $266.40 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $288.60 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $355.20 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $355.20 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $377.40 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $421.80 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $446.41 ↓ -80%
AvMed FullyInsured $466.20 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $466.20 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $466.20 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $466.20 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $472.86 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $488.40 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $510.60 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $526.14 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $532.80 ↓ -76%
AvMed Flex $577.20 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $577.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $577.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $577.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $577.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $577.20 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $599.40 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $754.80 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $999.00 ↓ -55%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,110.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,110.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,110.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,110.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,110.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,309.80 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,665.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $1,776.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,887.00 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,664.00 ↑ +20%

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