MRI brain w/dye 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

$1,678.95

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.

$2,583.00

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.

$247.73 with AMERIGROUP vs $2,583.00 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 $247.73 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHY KIDS $247.73 ↓ -85%
MEDICAID SIMPLYHLTH MD HMO NC $247.73 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED MD HMO $247.73 ↓ -85%
WELLCARE WELL CARE MD HMONC $260.12 ↓ -85%
SUNSHINE STATE SUNSHINE ST MD HMONC $262.60 ↓ -84%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH HEALTHY KIDS $267.55 ↓ -84%
VISTA COVENTRY MEDICAID $267.55 ↓ -84%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICAID $267.55 ↓ -84%
MEDICAID PRESTIGE MD HMO NC $272.51 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS MY BLUE EX $446.86 ↓ -73%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE DOCTORS HEALTHCARE MC HMO $542.43 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HLTH MC HMO $542.43 ↓ -68%
MEDICARE SIMPLYHLTH MC HMO NC $542.43 ↓ -68%
LEON MEDICAL LEON MED MC HMO NC $542.43 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BCBS MEDICARE PPO $542.43 ↓ -68%
LEON MEDICAL LEON HEALTH MC HMO $542.43 ↓ -68%
MEDICA HEALTH PLAN MEDICA MCR HMO $542.43 ↓ -68%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $591.25 ↓ -65%
HUMANA CAREPLUS MC HMO $591.25 ↓ -65%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $594.09 ↓ -65%
AVMED AVMED MEDICARE $596.67 ↓ -64%
CIGNA CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $618.37 ↓ -63%
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PROMINENCE $699.73 ↓ -58%
MEDICARE DEVOTED HEALTH MC HMO $732.28 ↓ -56%
NON CONTRACTED OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE $947.96 ↓ -44%
BLUE CROSS BCBS FL SIMPLYBLUE HMO $1,663.45 ↓ -1%
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AETNA $1,678.95 ↑ +0%
AVMED AVMED ENTRUST $1,777.10 ↑ +6%
CIGNA CIGNA CONNECT NETWORK EXCHANGE $1,833.93 ↑ +9%
AETNA AETNA HMO EXCHANGE $1,833.93 ↑ +9%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION 2 $1,937.25 ↑ +15%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SELECT $1,937.25 ↑ +15%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CARE HMO $1,937.25 ↑ +15%
AMERIHEALTH AMERIHTH CARITAS NXT EX $1,937.25 ↑ +15%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PPC CAH $1,937.25 ↑ +15%
AETNA AETNA CATASTROPHIC $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA HMO $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
CIGNA CIGNA PPO $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE INTL UNITED HEALTH $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE NHP HMO $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA TIER 2 $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA PPO $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HMO $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED PPO $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA HMO $2,066.40 ↑ +23%
AVMED AVMED INDIVIDUAL $2,143.89 ↑ +28%
AVMED AVMED HMO $2,143.89 ↑ +28%
AVMED AVMED PPO $2,143.89 ↑ +28%
QUALITY HEALTH MULTIPLAN $2,324.70 ↑ +38%
DIMENSION HEALTH PLAN DIMENSION HEALTH PLANS $2,324.70 ↑ +38%
BLUE CROSS BCBS PHS CAH $2,324.70 ↑ +38%
PHCS PHCS $2,324.70 ↑ +38%
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE PPO $2,324.70 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE $2,583.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS $2,583.00 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS BCBS NETWORKBLUE $2,583.00 ↑ +54%

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