X-ray skull < 4 views 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.

$137.17 with Optimum vs $1,914.00 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 $137.17
Freedom Health MGMCR $137.17
AvMed HIX $191.40
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $207.35
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Freedom Health MGMCD $255.20
Molina MCR $303.05
AvMed FullyInsured $334.95
Humana HMO $334.95
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $339.74
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $350.90
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $366.85
United PPO OptionsPPO $378.01
AvMed ASOEO $382.80
AvMed Empower $414.70
AvMed Focus $414.70
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $414.70
AvMed Flex $414.70
AvMed Select $414.70
AvMed Engage $414.70
Molina HIX $430.65
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $471.10
Aetna ASA $478.50
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $481.02
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $481.02
Humana PPO $542.30
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $717.75
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $797.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $797.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $797.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $797.50
Plotkin Health COMM $797.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $941.05
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,196.25
Evernorth BH COMM $1,276.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,355.75
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,914.00
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $566.15 $35.25 – $760.50
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $549.25 $34.17 – $760.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $678.79 $94.39 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,745.01 $77.67 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $705.64 $85.22 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,046.21 $76.59 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $642.40 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,025.41 $80.04 – $199.35

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