Conversion ext bil drg cath 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

$4,661.80

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.

$7,172.00

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.

$1,226.41 with BLUE CROSS vs $7,172.00 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 $1,226.41 ↓ -74%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $1,411.42 ↓ -70%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $1,411.42 ↓ -70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $1,481.99 ↓ -68%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $1,481.99 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $1,481.99 ↓ -68%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $1,496.10 ↓ -68%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $1,524.33 ↓ -67%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $1,524.33 ↓ -67%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $1,524.33 ↓ -67%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $1,552.56 ↓ -67%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $1,936.44 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $2,252.01 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $2,517.37 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $2,632.12 ↓ -44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $2,637.00 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $2,637.00 ↓ -43%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $2,725.36 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $2,725.36 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $2,861.63 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $2,933.35 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $3,012.24 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $3,105.48 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $3,227.40 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $3,492.76 ↓ -25%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $3,657.72 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $3,657.72 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $3,657.72 ↓ -22%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $3,738.94 ↓ -20%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $3,738.94 ↓ -20%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $3,869.80 ↓ -17%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $4,000.66 ↓ -14%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $4,075.44 ↓ -13%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $4,075.44 ↓ -13%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $4,112.83 ↓ -12%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $4,112.83 ↓ -12%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $4,187.61 ↓ -10%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $4,187.61 ↓ -10%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $4,187.61 ↓ -10%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,262.39 ↓ -9%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $4,303.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $4,303.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $4,647.46 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $4,661.80 ↑ +0%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $5,047.56 ↑ +8%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $5,379.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $5,737.60 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $5,737.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $5,737.60 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $5,737.60 ↑ +23%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $6,454.80 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $6,454.80 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $6,454.80 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $6,454.80 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $6,454.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $7,172.00 ↑ +54%

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