Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$383.00

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.

$383.00

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.

$4.76 with HUMANA vs $459.60 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
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.76 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.76 ↓ -99%
Humana TRICR $4.79 ↓ -99%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Leon Health MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $4.81 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.81 ↓ -99%
United GVT $4.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.91 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.91 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.95 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.05 ↓ -99%
Oscar MCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $5.10 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.15 ↓ -99%
Align MCR $5.15 ↓ -99%
AvMed MCR $5.19 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $5.29 ↓ -99%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $5.29 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $5.29 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney MCR $5.39 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.77 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.77 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $6.78 ↓ -98%
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.97 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $7.21 ↓ -98%
Freedom Health MGMCR $32.94 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $32.94 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $45.96 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $49.79 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.25 ↓ -87%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $51.31 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $51.31 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $61.28 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $72.77 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $80.43 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $80.43 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $81.58 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $84.26 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $88.09 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $90.77 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $91.92 ↓ -76%
AvMed Flex $99.58 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $99.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $99.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $99.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $99.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $99.58 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $103.41 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $114.90 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $130.22 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $172.35 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $191.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $191.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $191.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $191.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $191.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $225.97 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $287.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $306.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $325.55 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $459.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $54.60 $2.85 – $66.60
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $54.60 $2.76 – $75.60
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $35.70 $4.81 – $8.78

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