Lactic acid 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.

$11.45 with HUMANA vs $1,273.20 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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.45
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.45
Humana TRICR $11.52
Wellmed MGMCR $11.57
Leon Health MCR $11.57
Devoted Health MCR $11.57
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $11.57
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $11.57
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $11.57
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.57
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.57
United GVT $11.57
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.57
BCBS MCRHMO $11.80
BCBS MCRPPO $11.80
United MCR $11.80
Aetna MCR $11.92
Oscar MCR $12.15
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.15
Sunshine State MCR $12.15
American Health Plan MCR $12.26
Align MCR $12.38
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.38
AvMed MCR $12.50
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $12.73
Sunshine State MCD $12.73
Centurion GVT $12.73
Gold Kidney MCR $12.96
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.88
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.88
Oscar HIX $16.31
Solis Health Plan MCR $16.78
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $17.36
Freedom Health MGMCR $91.25
Optimum MGMCR $91.25
AvMed HIX $127.32
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $137.93
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $140.29
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $143.24
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $143.24
Freedom Health MGMCD $169.76
Molina MCR $201.59
Humana HMO $222.81
AvMed FullyInsured $222.81
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $225.99
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $233.42
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $244.03
United PPO OptionsPPO $251.46
AvMed ASOEO $254.64
AvMed Select $275.86
AvMed Empower $275.86
AvMed Engage $275.86
AvMed Flex $275.86
AvMed Focus $275.86
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $275.86
Molina HIX $286.47
Aetna ASA $318.30
Humana PPO $360.74
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $477.45
Plotkin Health COMM $530.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $530.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $530.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $530.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $530.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $625.99
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $795.75
Evernorth BH COMM $848.80
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $901.85
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,273.20
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Lactic acid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $351.65 $6.32 – $75.60
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $351.65 $6.12 – $75.60
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $261.49 $10.99 – $19.31
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $98.16 $11.57 – $25.69
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $278.08 $10.99 – $24.71
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $338.31 $11.57 – $25.69
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $160.99 $10.99 – $25.27
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $84.94 $11.57 – $21.13

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