Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini 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

$6,433.70

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.

$9,898.00

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.

$1,692.56 with BLUE CROSS vs $9,898.00 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 $1,692.56 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $2,637.00 ↓ -59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $2,637.00 ↓ -59%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $2,672.46 ↓ -58%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $3,079.49 ↓ -52%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $3,079.49 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $3,107.97 ↓ -52%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $3,233.47 ↓ -50%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $3,233.47 ↓ -50%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $3,233.47 ↓ -50%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $3,264.26 ↓ -49%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $3,325.85 ↓ -48%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $3,325.85 ↓ -48%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $3,325.85 ↓ -48%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $3,387.44 ↓ -47%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $3,416.88 ↓ -47%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $3,416.88 ↓ -47%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $3,474.20 ↓ -46%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $3,536.47 ↓ -45%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $3,632.57 ↓ -44%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $3,656.06 ↓ -43%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $3,724.40 ↓ -42%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $3,724.40 ↓ -42%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $3,758.57 ↓ -42%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $3,758.57 ↓ -42%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $3,761.24 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $3,761.24 ↓ -42%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $3,826.91 ↓ -41%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $3,826.91 ↓ -41%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $3,826.91 ↓ -41%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,895.24 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $3,949.30 ↓ -39%
AVMED AVMED HMO $4,048.28 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $4,157.16 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $4,285.83 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $4,454.10 ↓ -31%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $4,612.79 ↓ -28%
AVMED AVMED PPO $4,820.33 ↓ -25%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $5,047.98 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $5,047.98 ↓ -22%
AETNA AETNA HMO $5,047.98 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $5,938.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $5,938.80 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $6,413.90 ↓ -0%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $6,433.70 ↑ +0%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $7,423.50 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $7,918.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $7,918.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $7,918.40 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $7,918.40 ↑ +23%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $8,908.20 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $8,908.20 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $8,908.20 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $8,908.20 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $8,908.20 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $9,898.00 ↑ +54%

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