Vital capacity test 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

$510.00

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.

$510.00

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.

$23.75 with CorVel Corporation vs $612.00 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 $23.75 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.25 ↓ -95%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $24.25 ↓ -95%
Optimum MGMCR $43.86 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $43.86 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $61.20 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $66.30 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHP $73.95 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $81.60 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $81.60 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO $86.19 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $86.70 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $96.90 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $99.45 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $107.10 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $107.10 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $107.10 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $107.10 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $108.63 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $112.20 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $117.30 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $120.87 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $122.40 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $132.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $132.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $132.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $132.60 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $132.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $132.60 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $137.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $153.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $173.40 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $229.50 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $255.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $255.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $255.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $255.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $255.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $300.90 ↓ -41%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $382.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $408.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $433.50 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $612.00 ↑ +20%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Vital capacity test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $514.15 $36.79 – $711.90
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $514.15 $35.66 – $711.90
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $381.69 $127.65 – $224.26
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $451.64 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $372.35 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $526.91 $134.37 – $298.30
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $201.92 $127.65 – $293.53
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $969.00 $21.85 – $22.31

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →