X-ray bone age studies 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.

$113.35 with Freedom Health vs $1,581.60 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $113.35
Optimum MGMCR $113.35
AvMed HIX $158.16
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $171.34
Freedom Health MGMCD $210.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $229.27
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $234.10
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $234.10
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Molina MCR $250.42
AvMed FullyInsured $276.78
Humana HMO $276.78
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $280.73
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $289.96
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $303.14
United PPO OptionsPPO $312.37
AvMed ASOEO $316.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $342.68
AvMed Focus $342.68
AvMed Flex $342.68
AvMed Select $342.68
AvMed Empower $342.68
AvMed Engage $342.68
Molina HIX $355.86
Aetna ASA $395.40
Humana PPO $448.12
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $593.10
Plotkin Health COMM $659.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $659.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $659.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $659.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $659.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $777.62
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $988.50
Evernorth BH COMM $1,054.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,120.30
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,581.60
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray bone age studies at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $416.65 $35.25 – $515.70
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $416.65 $34.17 – $576.90
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $547.64 $94.39 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $818.59 $77.67 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $569.31 $85.22 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $773.97 $76.59 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $270.00 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,189.80 $80.04 – $199.35

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