Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$29.25

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.

$45.00

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.

$6.72 with AMERIGROUP vs $45.00 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 $6.72 ↓ -77%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $6.72 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $7.06 ↓ -76%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $7.06 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $7.06 ↓ -76%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $7.13 ↓ -76%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $7.26 ↓ -75%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $7.26 ↓ -75%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $7.26 ↓ -75%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $7.39 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $7.70 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $14.13 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $15.80 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $16.52 ↓ -44%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $17.10 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $17.10 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $17.96 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $18.41 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $18.90 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $19.49 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $20.25 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $21.92 ↓ -25%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $22.41 ↓ -23%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $22.41 ↓ -23%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $22.95 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $22.95 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $22.95 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $23.19 ↓ -21%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $23.40 ↓ -20%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $23.98 ↓ -18%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $24.43 ↓ -16%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $24.43 ↓ -16%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $24.65 ↓ -16%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $24.65 ↓ -16%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $25.10 ↓ -14%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $25.10 ↓ -14%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $25.10 ↓ -14%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.55 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $27.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $27.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $27.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $27.00 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $29.16 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $29.25 ↑ +0%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $30.25 ↑ +3%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $33.75 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $36.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $36.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $36.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $36.00 ↑ +23%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $40.50 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $40.50 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $40.50 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $40.50 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $40.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $45.00 ↑ +54%

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $29.25 $6.93 – $40.50
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI $245.00 $22.19 – $82.30
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $23.22 $21.29 – $37.40
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $345.90 $22.41 – $49.75
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