Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL
3663 South Miami Ave, MIAMI, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1023387479
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Cash price 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 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.
$133.56 with Freedom Health vs $1,863.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $133.56 | — |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $133.56 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $137.53 | — |
| AvMed | HIX | $170.83 | — |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $201.89 | — |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $248.48 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $295.07 | — |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $330.79 | — |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $341.66 | — |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $341.66 | — |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $357.19 | — |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $357.19 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $388.25 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $403.78 | — |
| AvMed | Focus | $419.31 | — |
| AvMed | Empower | $419.31 | — |
| AvMed | Select | $419.31 | — |
| AvMed | Flex | $419.31 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $419.31 | — |
| AvMed | Engage | $419.31 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $465.90 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $545.43 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $556.92 | — |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $556.92 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $698.85 | — |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $776.50 | — |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $776.50 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $776.50 | — |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $776.50 | — |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $776.50 | — |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $916.27 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $1,164.75 | — |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $1,242.40 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $1,320.05 | — |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $1,863.60 | — |
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Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $193.70 | $35.25 – $268.20 |
| West Kendall Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $193.70 | $34.17 – $268.20 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,014.34 | $86.33 – $151.68 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $1,562.17 | $77.67 – $201.75 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,054.43 | $85.22 – $194.11 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,631.43 | $76.59 – $201.75 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $669.92 | $86.33 – $198.52 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $1,228.75 | $80.04 – $165.94 |