Ultrasound spinal canal and contents 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.

$245.18 with United vs $4,551.60 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
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Optimum MGMCR $326.20
Freedom Health MGMCR $326.20
AvMed HIX $455.16
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $493.09
Freedom Health MGMCD $606.88
Molina MCR $720.67
AvMed FullyInsured $796.53
Humana HMO $796.53
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $807.91
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $834.46
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $872.39
United PPO OptionsPPO $898.94
AvMed ASOEO $910.32
AvMed Focus $986.18
AvMed Flex $986.18
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $986.18
AvMed Empower $986.18
AvMed Select $986.18
AvMed Engage $986.18
Molina HIX $1,024.11
Aetna ASA $1,137.90
Humana PPO $1,289.62
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,706.85
Plotkin Health COMM $1,896.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,896.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,896.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,896.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,896.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $2,237.87
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,844.75
Evernorth BH COMM $3,034.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,224.05
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $4,551.60
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $865.15 $69.11 – $1,100.70
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $865.15 $66.99 – $1,197.90
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $967.75 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,381.02 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $631.09 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,943.72 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $890.50 $45.73 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $596.70 $40.92 – $459.00

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