Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination 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

$548.00

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.

$548.00

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.

$47.13 with Optimum vs $657.60 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
Optimum MGMCR $47.13 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $47.13 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $65.76 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $71.24 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $87.68 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $87.68 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $93.16 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $104.12 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $115.08 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $115.08 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $116.72 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $120.56 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $126.04 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $129.88 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $131.52 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $142.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $142.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $142.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $142.48 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $142.48 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $142.48 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $147.96 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $164.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $186.32 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $246.60 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $274.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $274.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $274.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $274.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $274.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $323.32 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $411.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $438.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $465.80 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $507.75 ↓ -7%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $518.44 ↓ -5%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $518.44 ↓ -5%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $657.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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