Ventilator initial day 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.

$108.30 with CorVel Corporation vs $9,932.40 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $108.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $110.58
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $110.58
Optimum MGMCR $711.82
Freedom Health MGMCR $711.82
BCBS MBN $827.70
AvMed HIX $993.24
BCBS SBN $1,034.63
BCBS HMO $1,034.63
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,076.01
Aetna QHP $1,200.16
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,324.32
Oscar HIX $1,324.32
BCBS PPO $1,349.15
BCBS NWB $1,349.15
Aetna HMO $1,398.81
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $1,407.09
Molina MCR $1,572.63
Aetna PPO $1,614.02
AvMed FullyInsured $1,738.17
Cigna PPO $1,738.17
Humana HMO $1,738.17
Cigna HMO $1,738.17
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,763.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,820.94
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $1,870.60
BCBS PHS $1,870.60
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,903.71
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,961.65
AvMed ASOEO $1,986.48
AvMed Focus $2,152.02
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,152.02
AvMed Select $2,152.02
AvMed Empower $2,152.02
AvMed Engage $2,152.02
AvMed Flex $2,152.02
Molina HIX $2,234.79
Aetna ASA $2,483.10
Humana PPO $2,814.18
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,724.65
Plotkin Health COMM $4,138.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $4,138.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4,138.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $4,138.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $4,138.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,883.43
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,207.75
Evernorth BH COMM $6,621.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,035.45
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $9,932.40

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Ventilator initial day at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,446.30 $173.17 – $4,771.80
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $3,446.30 $645.14 – $4,771.80
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $3,378.72 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,927.41 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,513.79 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,010.47 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,186.89 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $3,705.00 $100.70 – $102.82

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