Inj proc lumbr disk ea lvl 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

$2,221.05

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.

$3,417.00

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.

$212.56 with MEDICAID vs $3,417.00 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 $212.56 ↓ -90%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $212.56 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $223.18 ↓ -90%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $223.18 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $223.18 ↓ -90%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $225.31 ↓ -90%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $229.56 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $229.56 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $229.56 ↓ -90%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $233.81 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $366.00 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $366.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $584.31 ↓ -74%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $922.59 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $1,072.94 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,199.37 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $1,254.04 ↓ -44%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $1,298.46 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,298.46 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $1,363.38 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $1,397.55 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,435.14 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,479.56 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,537.65 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $1,664.08 ↓ -25%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $1,742.67 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $1,742.67 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $1,742.67 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $2,050.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $2,050.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $2,214.22 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $2,221.05 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $2,562.75 ↑ +15%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,733.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $2,733.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $2,733.60 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $2,733.60 ↑ +23%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $3,075.30 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $3,075.30 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $3,075.30 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $3,075.30 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $3,075.30 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $3,417.00 ↑ +54%

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Inj proc lumbr disk ea lvl at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,221.05 $173.17 – $3,075.30
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI not published $1,511.73 – $1,543.55
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,136.82 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,786.05 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,708.85 $77.09 – $2,234.65
martin north hospital Stuart $1,708.85 $133.13 – $1,339.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $1,708.85 $77.09 – $2,467.00
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $2,221.05 $219.27 – $3,417.00

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