Very long chain fatty acids 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

$2,604.00

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.

$2,604.00

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.

$19.55 with HUMANA vs $3,124.80 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $19.55 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $19.55 ↓ -99%
Humana TRICR $19.66 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $19.75 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
Leon Health MCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
United GVT $19.75 ↓ -99%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $19.75 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $20.14 ↓ -99%
United MCR $20.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.14 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $20.34 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $20.74 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $20.74 ↓ -99%
Oscar MCR $20.74 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $20.94 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $21.13 ↓ -99%
Align MCR $21.13 ↓ -99%
AvMed MCR $21.33 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $21.73 ↓ -99%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $21.73 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $21.73 ↓ -99%
Gold Kidney MCR $22.12 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $23.70 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $23.70 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $27.85 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $28.64 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $29.63 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $80.61 ↓ -97%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.30 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.30 ↓ -97%
Freedom Health MGMCR $223.94 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $223.94 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $312.48 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $338.52 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $416.64 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $494.76 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $546.84 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $546.84 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $554.65 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $572.88 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $598.92 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $617.15 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $624.96 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $677.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $677.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $677.04 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $677.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $677.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $677.04 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $703.08 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $781.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $885.36 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,171.80 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,302.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,302.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,302.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,302.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,302.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,536.36 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,953.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $2,083.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,213.40 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,124.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Very long chain fatty acids at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $200.12 $18.76 – $32.96
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $170.27 $18.76 – $43.14
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $186.55 $5.78 – $157.25
martin north hospital Stuart $186.55 $6.08 – $126.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $169.65 $5.78 – $208.80
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $206.05 $19.75 – $132.56
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $134.07 $17.90 – $76.63
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $22.59 $19.75 – $73.92

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