Cardioassist external 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

$8,724.30

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.

$13,422.00

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.

$399.12 with MEDICAID vs $13,422.00 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
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $399.12 ↓ -95%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $399.12 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $419.08 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $419.08 ↓ -95%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $419.08 ↓ -95%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $423.07 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $431.05 ↓ -95%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $431.05 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $431.05 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $439.03 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $2,295.16 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $4,214.51 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $4,711.12 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $4,925.87 ↓ -44%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $5,100.36 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $5,100.36 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $5,355.38 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $5,489.60 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $5,637.24 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $5,811.73 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $6,039.90 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $6,536.51 ↓ -25%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $6,845.22 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $6,845.22 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $6,845.22 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $6,979.44 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $8,053.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $8,053.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $8,053.20 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $8,053.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $8,697.46 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $8,724.30 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $10,066.50 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $10,737.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $10,737.60 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $10,737.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $10,737.60 ↑ +23%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $12,079.80 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $12,079.80 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $12,079.80 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $12,079.80 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $12,079.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $13,422.00 ↑ +54%

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