Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) 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.

$185.25 with United vs $3,726.00 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 $185.25 —
Freedom Health MGMCR $267.03 —
Optimum MGMCR $267.03 —
AvMed HIX $341.55 —
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $403.65 —
Freedom Health MGMCD $496.80 —
Molina MCR $589.95 —
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $661.37 —
AvMed FullyInsured $683.10 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $683.10 —
United PPO OptionsPPO $714.15 —
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $714.15 —
AvMed ASOEO $776.25 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $807.30 —
AvMed Focus $838.35 —
AvMed Empower $838.35 —
AvMed Select $838.35 —
AvMed Flex $838.35 —
Molina HIX $838.35 —
AvMed Engage $838.35 —
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $843.80 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $861.56 —
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $861.56 —
Aetna ASA $931.50 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,397.25 —
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,552.50 —
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,552.50 —
Plotkin Health COMM $1,552.50 —
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,552.50 —
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,552.50 —
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,831.95 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,328.75 —
Evernorth BH COMM $2,484.00 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,639.25 —
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,726.00 —

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,119.95 $35.25 – $783.90
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,119.95 $34.17 – $1,550.70
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,461.71 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,113.80 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,519.51 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,605.26 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,011.34 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,190.70 $109.17 – $199.35

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