Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$191.75

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.

$295.00

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.

$5.00 with MEDICAID vs $50.00 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 $5.00 ↓ -97%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $5.00 ↓ -97%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $5.25 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $5.25 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $5.25 ↓ -97%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $5.30 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $5.40 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $5.40 ↓ -97%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $5.40 ↓ -97%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $5.50 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $5.99 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $5.99 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $6.20 ↓ -97%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $6.41 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $6.53 ↓ -97%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $6.53 ↓ -97%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $6.59 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $6.59 ↓ -97%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $6.71 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $6.71 ↓ -97%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $6.71 ↓ -97%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.83 ↓ -96%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $8.09 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $8.55 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $15.70 ↓ -92%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $17.55 ↓ -91%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $18.35 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $19.00 ↓ -90%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $19.00 ↓ -90%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $19.95 ↓ -90%
AVMED AVMED HMO $20.45 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $21.00 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $21.65 ↓ -89%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $22.50 ↓ -88%
AVMED AVMED PPO $24.35 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $25.50 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $25.50 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA HMO $25.50 ↓ -87%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $26.00 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $30.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $30.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $30.00 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $30.00 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $32.40 ↓ -83%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $32.50 ↓ -83%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION PLUS $37.50 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $40.00 ↓ -79%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $40.00 ↓ -79%
AETNA AETNA PPO $40.00 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $40.00 ↓ -79%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $45.00 ↓ -77%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $45.00 ↓ -77%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $45.00 ↓ -77%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $45.00 ↓ -77%
PHCS PHCS $45.00 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $50.00 ↓ -74%

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