Ultrasound encephalogram 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.

$141.64 with Optimum vs $1,976.40 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
Optimum MGMCR $141.64
Freedom Health MGMCR $141.64
AvMed HIX $197.64
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $214.11
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Freedom Health MGMCD $263.52
Molina MCR $312.93
AvMed FullyInsured $345.87
Humana HMO $345.87
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $350.81
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $362.34
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $378.81
United PPO OptionsPPO $390.34
AvMed ASOEO $395.28
AvMed Focus $428.22
AvMed Flex $428.22
AvMed Engage $428.22
AvMed Empower $428.22
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $428.22
AvMed Select $428.22
Molina HIX $444.69
Aetna ASA $494.10
Humana PPO $559.98
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $741.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $774.71
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $791.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $791.02
AvMed MDCSelectOON $823.50
Plotkin Health COMM $823.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $823.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $823.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $823.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $971.73
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,235.25
Evernorth BH COMM $1,317.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,399.95
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,976.40
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $936.65 $69.11 – $1,193.40
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $936.65 $66.99 – $1,296.90
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,487.83 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,559.22 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,628.80 $103.72 – $321.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,872.60 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,425.47 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $760.50 $26.42 – $780.30

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