Vein x-ray skull 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

$17,694.00

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.

$17,694.00

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.

$813.44 with CorVel Corporation vs $21,232.80 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $813.44 ↓ -95%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $830.56 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $830.56 ↓ -95%
Optimum MGMCR $1,521.68 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,521.68 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $2,123.28 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,300.22 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2,831.04 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $3,361.86 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,715.74 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $3,715.74 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3,768.82 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $3,892.68 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $4,069.62 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $4,193.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $4,246.56 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $4,600.44 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4,600.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $4,600.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $4,600.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $4,600.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $4,600.44 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4,777.38 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $5,308.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $6,015.96 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7,962.30 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $8,847.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $8,847.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $8,847.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $8,847.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $8,847.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $10,439.46 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $13,270.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $14,155.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $15,039.90 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $21,232.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO 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

Vein x-ray skull at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,717.95 $173.17 – $3,692.97
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,717.95 $451.95 – $3,692.97
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $21,237.15 $443.70 – $6,020.85
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $17,972.50 $47.59 – $23,075.80
martin north hospital Stuart $17,646.20 $42.58 – $13,574.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $17,646.20 $50.93 – $21,718.40
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $1,717.95 $371.00 – $3,429.18
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $1,626.30 $468.00 – $3,367.59

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →