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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) 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

$4,919.85

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.

$7,569.00

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.

$247.73 with AMERIGROUP vs $7,569.00 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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $247.73 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $247.73 ↓ -95%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $260.12 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $260.12 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $260.12 ↓ -95%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $262.60 ↓ -95%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $267.55 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $267.55 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $267.55 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $272.51 ↓ -94%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $364.32 ↓ -93%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $364.32 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $377.07 ↓ -92%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $389.82 ↓ -92%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $397.11 ↓ -92%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $397.11 ↓ -92%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $400.75 ↓ -92%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $400.75 ↓ -92%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $408.04 ↓ -92%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $408.04 ↓ -92%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $408.04 ↓ -92%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.33 ↓ -92%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $491.83 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $1,294.30 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $2,376.67 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $2,656.72 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $2,777.82 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $2,876.22 ↓ -42%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $2,876.22 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $3,020.03 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $3,095.72 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $3,178.98 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $3,277.38 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $3,406.05 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $3,686.10 ↓ -25%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $3,860.19 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $3,860.19 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $3,860.19 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $3,935.88 ↓ -20%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $4,541.40 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $4,541.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $4,541.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $4,541.40 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $4,904.71 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $4,919.85 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $5,676.75 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $6,055.20 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $6,055.20 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $6,055.20 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $6,055.20 ↑ +23%
PHCS PHCS $6,812.10 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $6,812.10 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $6,812.10 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $6,812.10 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $6,812.10 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $7,569.00 ↑ +54%

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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $4,919.85 $173.17 – $6,812.10
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,657.20 $98.01 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,570.10 $87.69 – $1,540.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,570.10 $104.89 – $2,464.00
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $4,919.85 $255.55 – $6,812.10
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $4,411.55 $357.78 – $4,302.62
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $4,919.85 $247.73 – $6,812.10
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $4,919.85 $247.73 – $6,812.10

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