X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 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.

$169.08 with Optimum vs $2,359.20 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 $169.08
Freedom Health MGMCR $169.08
AvMed HIX $235.92
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $255.58
Freedom Health MGMCD $314.56
Molina MCR $373.54
AvMed FullyInsured $412.86
Humana HMO $412.86
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $418.76
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $432.52
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $452.18
United PPO OptionsPPO $465.94
AvMed ASOEO $471.84
AvMed Empower $511.16
AvMed Focus $511.16
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $511.16
AvMed Flex $511.16
AvMed Select $511.16
AvMed Engage $511.16
Molina HIX $530.82
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $545.43
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $556.92
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $556.92
Aetna ASA $589.80
Humana PPO $668.44
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $884.70
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $983.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $983.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $983.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $983.00
Plotkin Health COMM $983.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,159.94
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,474.50
Evernorth BH COMM $1,572.80
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,671.10
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,359.20
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 2-3 views at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $433.55 $35.25 – $411.30
West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI $433.55 $34.17 – $600.30
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,722.05 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,915.81 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,188.66 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $660.51 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,001.17 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $685.10 $15.05 – $780.30

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