X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw 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.

$191.44 with Optimum vs $2,671.20 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
Optimum MGMCR $191.44
Freedom Health MGMCR $191.44
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
AvMed HIX $267.12
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $289.38
Freedom Health MGMCD $356.16
Molina MCR $422.94
AvMed FullyInsured $467.46
Humana HMO $467.46
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $474.14
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $489.72
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $511.98
United PPO OptionsPPO $527.56
AvMed ASOEO $534.24
AvMed Focus $578.76
AvMed Flex $578.76
AvMed Engage $578.76
AvMed Empower $578.76
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $578.76
AvMed Select $578.76
Molina HIX $601.02
Aetna ASA $667.80
Humana PPO $756.84
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $860.55
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $878.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $878.66
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,001.70
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,113.00
Plotkin Health COMM $1,113.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,113.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,113.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,113.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,313.34
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,669.50
Evernorth BH COMM $1,780.80
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,892.10
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,671.20
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $566.15 $35.25 – $632.70
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $456.95 $34.17 – $632.70
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $592.00 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,434.88 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $922.17 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $431.61 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $880.05 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,247.67 $109.17 – $199.35

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