Ultrasound chest 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

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$95.46 with Optimum vs $1,332.00 with AIDS Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Optimum MGMCR $95.46
Freedom Health MGMCR $95.46
AvMed HIX $133.20
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $144.30
Freedom Health MGMCD $177.60
Molina MCR $210.90
AvMed FullyInsured $233.10
Humana HMO $233.10
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $236.43
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $244.20
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $255.30
United PPO OptionsPPO $263.07
AvMed ASOEO $266.40
AvMed Engage $288.60
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $288.60
AvMed Select $288.60
AvMed Empower $288.60
AvMed Flex $288.60
AvMed Focus $288.60
Molina HIX $299.70
Aetna ASA $333.00
Humana PPO $377.40
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $499.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $523.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $534.47
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $534.47
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $555.00
Plotkin Health COMM $555.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $555.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $555.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $555.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $654.90
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $832.50
Evernorth BH COMM $888.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $943.50
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,332.00
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ultrasound chest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $705.25 $34.55 – $897.30
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $705.25 $33.50 – $976.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,145.26 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,318.41 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,004.02 $103.72 – $321.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,893.70 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,522.69 $103.72 – $308.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,824.31 $109.17 – $199.35

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →