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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) 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

$4,335.50

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.

$6,670.00

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.

$197.10 with AMERIGROUP vs $6,670.00 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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $197.10 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $197.10 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $197.10 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $197.10 ↓ -95%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $206.95 ↓ -95%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $208.92 ↓ -95%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $212.86 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $212.86 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $212.86 ↓ -95%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $216.81 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $1,153.91 ↓ -73%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $1,400.70 ↓ -68%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $1,400.70 ↓ -68%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $1,400.70 ↓ -68%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $1,400.70 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $1,400.70 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $1,400.70 ↓ -68%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $1,400.70 ↓ -68%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $1,526.76 ↓ -65%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $1,526.76 ↓ -65%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $1,534.10 ↓ -65%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $1,540.77 ↓ -64%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,596.80 ↓ -63%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $1,806.90 ↓ -58%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $1,890.95 ↓ -56%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $2,447.89 ↓ -44%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $4,295.48 ↓ -1%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $4,335.50 ↑ +0%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $4,588.96 ↑ +6%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $4,735.70 ↑ +9%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $4,735.70 ↑ +9%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $5,002.50 ↑ +15%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $5,002.50 ↑ +15%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC CAH $5,002.50 ↑ +15%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $5,002.50 ↑ +15%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $5,002.50 ↑ +15%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA HMO $5,336.00 ↑ +23%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $5,536.10 ↑ +28%
AVMED AVMED HMO $5,536.10 ↑ +28%
AVMED AVMED PPO $5,536.10 ↑ +28%
PHCS PHCS $6,003.00 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $6,003.00 ↑ +38%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $6,003.00 ↑ +38%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $6,003.00 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $6,003.00 ↑ +38%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $6,670.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $6,670.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $6,670.00 ↑ +54%

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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,361.10 $52.70 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $47.15 – $767.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $997.75 $56.40 – $1,228.00
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $4,335.50 $183.17 – $6,003.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $4,621.50 $173.17 – $6,003.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $3,943.55 $179.88 – $3,961.75
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $4,621.50 $183.17 – $6,003.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $4,335.50 $183.17 – $6,003.00

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