Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$17.55

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.

$27.00

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.

$4.62 with BLUE CROSS vs $27.00 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 $4.62 ↓ -74%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $6.12 ↓ -65%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $6.12 ↓ -65%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $6.43 ↓ -63%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $6.43 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $6.43 ↓ -63%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $6.49 ↓ -63%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $6.61 ↓ -62%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $6.61 ↓ -62%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $6.61 ↓ -62%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $6.74 ↓ -62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $8.48 ↓ -52%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $9.48 ↓ -46%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $9.91 ↓ -44%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $10.26 ↓ -42%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $10.26 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $10.77 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $11.04 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $11.34 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $11.69 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $12.15 ↓ -31%
AVMED AVMED PPO $13.15 ↓ -25%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $13.77 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $13.77 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $13.77 ↓ -22%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $14.04 ↓ -20%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $16.20 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $16.20 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $16.20 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $16.20 ↓ -8%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $16.87 ↓ -4%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $16.87 ↓ -4%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $17.46 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $17.50 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $17.55 ↑ +0%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $18.05 ↑ +3%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $18.39 ↑ +5%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $18.39 ↑ +5%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $18.56 ↑ +6%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $18.56 ↑ +6%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $18.89 ↑ +8%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $18.89 ↑ +8%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $18.89 ↑ +8%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.23 ↑ +10%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $20.25 ↑ +15%
AETNA AETNA PPO $21.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $21.60 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $21.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $21.60 ↑ +23%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $22.77 ↑ +30%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $24.30 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $24.30 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $24.30 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $24.30 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $24.30 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $27.00 ↑ +54%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $17.55 $3.64 – $24.30
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI not published $16.70 – $151.79
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $129.58 $16.03 – $28.16
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $53.14 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $139.55 $16.03 – $36.03
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $260.39 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $112.41 $16.87 – $30.80
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