Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$575.90

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.

$886.00

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.

$5.00 with MEDICAID vs $886.00 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 $5.00 ↓ -99%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $5.00 ↓ -99%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $5.25 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $5.25 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $5.25 ↓ -99%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $5.30 ↓ -99%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $5.40 ↓ -99%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $5.40 ↓ -99%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $5.40 ↓ -99%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $5.50 ↓ -99%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $9.47 ↓ -98%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $9.47 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $9.80 ↓ -98%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $10.13 ↓ -98%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $10.32 ↓ -98%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $10.32 ↓ -98%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $10.42 ↓ -98%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $10.42 ↓ -98%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $10.61 ↓ -98%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $10.61 ↓ -98%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $10.61 ↓ -98%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.80 ↓ -98%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $12.78 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $151.51 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $278.20 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $310.99 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $325.16 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $336.68 ↓ -42%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $336.68 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $353.51 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $362.37 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $372.12 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $383.64 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $398.70 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $431.48 ↓ -25%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $451.86 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $451.86 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $451.86 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $460.72 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $531.60 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $531.60 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $531.60 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $531.60 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $574.13 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $575.90 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $664.50 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $708.80 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $708.80 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $708.80 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $708.80 ↑ +23%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $797.40 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $797.40 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $797.40 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $797.40 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $797.40 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $886.00 ↑ +54%

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