Echo guide for heart biopsy at West Kendall Baptist Hospital
9555 SW 162 AVE, MIAMI, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417279936
$2,765.10
Cash price 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.
$4,254.00
Gross charge 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.
$66.55 with MEDICAID vs $4,254.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $66.55 | ↓ -98% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $66.55 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $69.87 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $69.87 | ↓ -97% |
| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $69.87 | ↓ -97% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $70.54 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $71.87 | ↓ -97% |
| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $71.87 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $71.87 | ↓ -97% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $73.20 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $727.43 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $1,335.76 | ↓ -52% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $1,493.15 | ↓ -46% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $1,561.22 | ↓ -44% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $1,616.52 | ↓ -42% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $1,616.52 | ↓ -42% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $1,697.35 | ↓ -39% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $1,739.89 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $1,786.68 | ↓ -35% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $1,841.98 | ↓ -33% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $1,914.30 | ↓ -31% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $2,071.70 | ↓ -25% |
| AETNA | AETNA CATASTROPHIC | $2,169.54 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $2,169.54 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | AETNA TIER 2 | $2,169.54 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $2,212.08 | ↓ -20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $2,552.40 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $2,552.40 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $2,552.40 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP HMO | $2,552.40 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS | $2,756.59 | ↓ -0% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $2,765.10 | ↑ +0% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION PLUS | $3,190.50 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $3,403.20 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $3,403.20 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $3,403.20 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $3,403.20 | ↑ +23% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $3,828.60 | ↑ +38% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $3,828.60 | ↑ +38% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION 2 | $3,828.60 | ↑ +38% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $3,828.60 | ↑ +38% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $3,828.60 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $4,254.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Echo guide for heart biopsy at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $2,765.10 | $68.65 – $3,828.60 |
| HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL | MIAMI | not published | $933.83 – $953.49 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $1,749.30 | not published |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $680.55 | $65.54 – $889.95 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $680.55 | $25.68 – $523.50 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $680.55 | $24.84 – $837.60 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $2,765.10 | $68.65 – $3,828.60 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $2,765.10 | $66.55 – $3,828.60 |