Sinus CT scan (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.

$245.18 with United vs $13,124.40 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 $245.18
Aetna QHP $809.00
AvMed HIX $845.00
Optimum MGMCR $940.58
Freedom Health MGMCR $940.58
Aetna HMO $1,061.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,421.81
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,749.92
Molina MCR $2,078.03
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,163.94
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,209.50
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,209.50
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2,329.58
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $2,406.14
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $2,515.51
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,592.07
AvMed Select $2,843.62
AvMed Empower $2,843.62
AvMed Flex $2,843.62
AvMed Focus $2,843.62
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,843.62
AvMed Engage $2,843.62
Molina HIX $2,952.99
Aetna ASA $3,281.10
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,921.65
Plotkin Health COMM $5,468.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $5,468.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $5,468.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $5,468.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $5,468.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $6,452.83
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $8,202.75
Evernorth BH COMM $8,749.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $9,296.45
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $13,124.40

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Sinus CT scan (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,181.10 $67.49 – $4,131.90
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,984.15 $65.42 – $4,131.90
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,134.35 $103.72 – $222.10
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $7,582.29 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,161.88 $103.72 – $301.99
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $6,904.22 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,863.98 $103.72 – $290.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,353.42 $109.17 – $199.35

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