IV Fluids (first hour) at HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL

3663 South Miami Ave, MIAMI, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1023387479

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$38.00 with CorVel Corporation vs $1,191.60 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $38.00 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $38.80 —
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $38.80 —
Freedom Health MGMCR $85.40 —
Optimum MGMCR $85.40 —
AvMed HIX $109.23 —
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $129.09 —
Aetna QHP $143.99 —
Freedom Health MGMCD $158.88 —
Oscar HIX $158.88 —
Aetna HMO $167.82 —
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $168.81 —
Aetna HMO-Gated $176.75 —
Molina MCR $188.67 —
Aetna PPO $193.63 —
Aetna PPO-NonGated $203.56 —
Cigna PPO $208.53 —
Cigna HMO $208.53 —
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $211.51 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $218.46 —
AvMed FullyInsured $218.46 —
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $228.39 —
United PPO OptionsPPO $228.39 —
AvMed ASOEO $248.25 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $258.18 —
AvMed Empower $268.11 —
AvMed Engage $268.11 —
AvMed Flex $268.11 —
AvMed Focus $268.11 —
AvMed Select $268.11 —
Molina HIX $268.11 —
Aetna ASA $297.90 —
United AllPayerAppendix $358.56 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $446.85 —
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $496.50 —
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $496.50 —
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $496.50 —
AvMed MDCSelectOON $496.50 —
Plotkin Health COMM $496.50 —
Medica HealthCare MCR $585.87 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $744.75 —
Evernorth BH COMM $794.40 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $844.05 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,191.60 —

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IV Fluids (first hour) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $318.50 $39.44 – $205.20
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $318.50 $83.79 – $441.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $965.64 $211.02 – $370.72
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,987.82 $222.12 – $493.11
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $976.31 $211.02 – $474.43
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $782.35 $222.12 – $493.11
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $653.73 $211.02 – $485.22
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,092.24 $222.12 – $405.59

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