X-ray spine single view 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.

$127.45 with Optimum vs $1,778.40 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 $127.45
Freedom Health MGMCR $127.45
AvMed HIX $177.84
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $192.66
Freedom Health MGMCD $237.12
Molina MCR $281.58
Humana HMO $311.22
AvMed FullyInsured $311.22
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $315.67
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $326.04
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $340.86
United PPO OptionsPPO $351.23
AvMed ASOEO $355.68
AvMed Focus $385.32
AvMed Empower $385.32
AvMed Select $385.32
AvMed Flex $385.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $385.32
AvMed Engage $385.32
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $389.44
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $397.64
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $397.64
Molina HIX $400.14
Aetna ASA $444.60
Humana PPO $503.88
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $666.90
Plotkin Health COMM $741.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $741.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $741.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $741.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $741.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $874.38
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,111.50
Evernorth BH COMM $1,185.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,259.70
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,778.40
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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X-ray spine single view at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $484.90 $35.25 – $515.70
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $484.90 $34.17 – $671.40
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $655.66 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $286.89 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $618.22 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,134.39 $76.59 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $503.25 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,016.79 $80.04 – $165.94

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