Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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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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.

$251.85 with Aetna vs $4,380.00 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
Aetna MCR $251.85
BCBS MCRHMO $266.45
Optimum MGMCR $313.90
Freedom Health MGMCR $313.90
AvMed HIX $438.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $474.50
Freedom Health MGMCD $584.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $664.78
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $678.78
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $678.78
Molina MCR $693.50
AvMed FullyInsured $766.50
Humana HMO $766.50
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $777.45
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $803.00
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $839.50
United PPO OptionsPPO $865.05
AvMed ASOEO $876.00
AvMed Empower $949.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $949.00
AvMed Select $949.00
AvMed Engage $949.00
AvMed Flex $949.00
AvMed Focus $949.00
Molina HIX $985.50
Aetna ASA $1,095.00
Humana PPO $1,241.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,642.50
Plotkin Health COMM $1,825.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,825.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,825.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,825.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,825.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $2,153.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,737.50
Evernorth BH COMM $2,920.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,102.50
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $4,380.00
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $92.30 $24.57 – $173.17
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $92.30 $24.28 – $127.80
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $891.66 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $756.61 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $876.27 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,918.06 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $642.56 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,021.52 not published

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