Echo guide for transfusion at Mariners Hospital

91500 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY, TAVERNIER, FL · Baptist Health South Florida · · NPI 1518941806

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$203.45

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.

$313.00

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.

$54.15 with BLUE CROSS vs $313.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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 $54.15 ↓ -73%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $65.73 ↓ -68%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $65.73 ↓ -68%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $65.73 ↓ -68%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $65.73 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $65.73 ↓ -68%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $65.73 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $65.73 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $66.55 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $66.55 ↓ -67%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $66.55 ↓ -67%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $66.55 ↓ -67%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $69.87 ↓ -66%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $70.54 ↓ -65%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $71.65 ↓ -65%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $71.65 ↓ -65%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $71.87 ↓ -65%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $71.87 ↓ -65%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $71.87 ↓ -65%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $71.99 ↓ -65%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $72.30 ↓ -64%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $73.20 ↓ -64%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.93 ↓ -63%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $84.79 ↓ -58%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $88.74 ↓ -56%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $114.87 ↓ -44%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $201.57 ↓ -1%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $203.45 ↑ +0%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $215.34 ↑ +6%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $222.23 ↑ +9%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $222.23 ↑ +9%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $234.75 ↑ +15%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $234.75 ↑ +15%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $234.75 ↑ +15%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $234.75 ↑ +15%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC CAH $234.75 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $250.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $250.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $250.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $250.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA HMO $250.40 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $250.40 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $250.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $250.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $250.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $250.40 ↑ +23%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $259.79 ↑ +28%
AVMED AVMED PPO $259.79 ↑ +28%
AVMED AVMED HMO $259.79 ↑ +28%
PHCS PHCS $281.70 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $281.70 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $281.70 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $281.70 ↑ +38%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $281.70 ↑ +38%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $313.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $313.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $313.00 ↑ +54%

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Echo guide for transfusion at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $936.65 $56.96 – $536.00
martin north hospital Stuart $936.65 $50.97 – $536.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $588.25 $53.23 – $724.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $203.45 $49.48 – $257.40
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $203.45 $62.91 – $313.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $203.45 $54.78 – $281.70
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $203.45 $49.76 – $257.40
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $203.45 $52.27 – $281.70

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