Head 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 $22,968.00 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
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Aetna QHP $809.00
AvMed HIX $845.00
Aetna HMO $1,061.00
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
Optimum MGMCR $1,646.04
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,646.04
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,488.20
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,037.05
Freedom Health MGMCD $3,062.40
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $3,100.99
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,100.99
Molina MCR $3,636.60
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $4,076.82
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $4,210.80
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $4,402.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $4,536.18
AvMed Select $4,976.40
AvMed Empower $4,976.40
AvMed Flex $4,976.40
AvMed Focus $4,976.40
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,976.40
AvMed Engage $4,976.40
Molina HIX $5,167.80
Aetna ASA $5,742.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $8,613.00
Plotkin Health COMM $9,570.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $9,570.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $9,570.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $9,570.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $9,570.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $11,292.60
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $14,355.00
Evernorth BH COMM $15,312.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $16,269.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $22,968.00

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $4,621.50 $173.17 – $6,003.00
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $4,335.50 $183.17 – $6,003.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $4,321.00 $174.01 – $492.42
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,741.72 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,918.52 $174.01 – $669.56
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $9,524.76 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,553.52 $174.01 – $642.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $9,698.88 $183.17 – $391.35

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