Ultrasound chest at West Kendall Baptist Hospital
9555 SW 162 AVE, MIAMI, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1417279936
$705.25
Cash price 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.
$1,085.00
Gross charge 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.
$33.50 with MEDICAID vs $1,085.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MEDICAID | SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC | $33.50 | ↓ -95% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $33.50 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED MD HMO | $35.17 | ↓ -95% |
| WELLCARE | WELL CARE MD HMONC | $35.17 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHY KIDS | $35.17 | ↓ -95% |
| SUNSHINE STATE | SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC | $35.51 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS | $36.18 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID | $36.18 | ↓ -95% |
| VISTA | COVENTRY MEDICAID | $36.18 | ↓ -95% |
| MEDICAID | PRESTIGE MD HMO NC | $36.85 | ↓ -95% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | PROMINENCE | $54.59 | ↓ -92% |
| MEDICARE | SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC | $54.59 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS MEDICARE PPO | $56.50 | ↓ -92% |
| MEDICA HEALTH PLAN | MEDICA MCR HMO | $58.41 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $59.50 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA | CAREPLUS MC HMO | $59.50 | ↓ -92% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED CARE | DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO | $60.05 | ↓ -91% |
| AVMED | AVMED MEDICARE | $60.05 | ↓ -91% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON HEALTH MC HMO | $61.14 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $61.14 | ↓ -91% |
| LEON MEDICAL | LEON MED MC HMO NC | $61.14 | ↓ -91% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $62.23 | ↓ -91% |
| MEDICARE | DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO | $73.69 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS | MY BLUE EX | $185.54 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HLTH MC HMO | $340.69 | ↓ -52% |
| AVMED | AVMED ENTRUST | $380.84 | ↓ -46% |
| NON CONTRACTED | OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | $398.20 | ↓ -44% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE | $412.30 | ↓ -42% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | $412.30 | ↓ -42% |
| AVMED | AVMED INDIVIDUAL | $432.92 | ↓ -39% |
| AVMED | AVMED HMO | $443.77 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE SELECT | $455.70 | ↓ -35% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO | $469.81 | ↓ -33% |
| AMERIHEALTH | AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX | $488.25 | ↓ -31% |
| AVMED | AVMED PPO | $528.40 | ↓ -25% |
| AETNA | AETNA CATASTROPHIC | $553.35 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | AETNA TIER 2 | $553.35 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | AETNA HMO | $553.35 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA HMO | $564.20 | ↓ -20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HMO | $651.00 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | NHP HMO | $651.00 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BCBS NETWORKBLUE | $651.00 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CARE HMO | $651.00 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS | $703.08 | ↓ -0% |
| INTERNATIONAL | INTERNATIONAL AETNA | $705.25 | ↑ +0% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION PLUS | $813.75 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | INTL UNITED HEALTH | $868.00 | ↑ +23% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA PPO | $868.00 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA | AETNA PPO | $868.00 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED PPO | $868.00 | ↑ +23% |
| AFFORDABLE | AFFORDABLE PPO | $976.50 | ↑ +38% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS | $976.50 | ↑ +38% |
| DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN | DIMENSION 2 | $976.50 | ↑ +38% |
| QUALITY HEALTH | MULTIPLAN | $976.50 | ↑ +38% |
| PHCS | PHCS | $976.50 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | $1,085.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Ultrasound chest at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $705.25 | $34.55 – $897.30 |
| HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL | MIAMI | not published | $245.18 – $534.47 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,145.26 | $103.72 – $236.32 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $2,318.41 | $109.17 – $242.37 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,004.02 | $103.72 – $321.33 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,893.70 | $109.17 – $242.37 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $1,522.69 | $103.72 – $308.58 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $1,824.31 | $109.17 – $199.35 |