Artery x-rays spine at West Kendall Baptist Hospital

9555 SW 162 AVE, MIAMI, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417279936

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$8,130.20

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.

$12,508.00

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.

$2,138.87 with BLUE CROSS vs $12,508.00 with UNITED 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
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $2,138.87 ↓ -74%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $2,861.11 ↓ -65%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $2,861.11 ↓ -65%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $3,004.16 ↓ -63%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $3,004.16 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $3,004.16 ↓ -63%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $3,032.78 ↓ -63%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $3,090.00 ↓ -62%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $3,090.00 ↓ -62%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $3,090.00 ↓ -62%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $3,147.22 ↓ -61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $3,927.51 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $4,390.31 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $4,590.44 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $4,753.04 ↓ -42%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $4,753.04 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $4,990.69 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $5,115.77 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $5,253.36 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $5,415.96 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $5,628.60 ↓ -31%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $5,810.88 ↓ -29%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $5,810.88 ↓ -29%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $6,014.26 ↓ -26%
AVMED AVMED PPO $6,091.40 ↓ -25%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $6,217.64 ↓ -24%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $6,333.85 ↓ -22%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $6,333.85 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $6,379.08 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $6,379.08 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $6,379.08 ↓ -22%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $6,391.96 ↓ -21%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $6,391.96 ↓ -21%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $6,504.16 ↓ -20%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $6,508.18 ↓ -20%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $6,508.18 ↓ -20%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $6,508.18 ↓ -20%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,624.40 ↓ -19%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $7,504.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $7,504.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $7,504.80 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $7,504.80 ↓ -8%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $7,844.68 ↓ -4%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $8,105.18 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $8,130.20 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $9,381.00 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $10,006.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $10,006.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $10,006.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $10,006.40 ↑ +23%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $11,257.20 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $11,257.20 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $11,257.20 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $11,257.20 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $11,257.20 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $12,508.00 ↑ +54%

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