X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 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.

$162.71 with Optimum vs $2,323.34 with Prime Health — 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 $162.71
Freedom Health MGMCR $162.71
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
AvMed HIX $227.04
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $245.96
Freedom Health MGMCD $302.72
Molina MCR $359.48
AvMed FullyInsured $397.32
Humana HMO $397.32
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $403.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $416.24
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $435.16
United PPO OptionsPPO $448.40
AvMed ASOEO $454.08
AvMed Focus $491.92
AvMed Flex $491.92
AvMed Engage $491.92
AvMed Empower $491.92
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $491.92
AvMed Select $491.92
Molina HIX $510.84
Aetna ASA $567.60
Humana PPO $643.28
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $851.40
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $946.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $946.00
Plotkin Health COMM $946.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $946.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $946.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,116.28
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,419.00
Evernorth BH COMM $1,513.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,608.20
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,270.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,275.44
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,323.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,323.34
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $509.86 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,061.35 $90.88 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,376.00 $86.33 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,556.42 $90.88 – $201.75
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $568.10 $12.21 – $646.00
martin north hospital Stuart $494.00 $12.82 – $380.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $494.00 $10.47 – $608.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $235.30 $89.25 – $236.39

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