Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at indian river hospital

1000 36th Street, Vero Beach, FL · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1376512988

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$997.75

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.

$1,535.00

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.

$26.34 with Aetna vs $1,228.00 with MULTIPLAN — 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
Aetna PPO First Health $26.34 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Health Options $31.01 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Network Blue $31.78 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Traditional (PPS) $32.54 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Perferred Patient Care $32.54 ↓ -97%
United Medicare Advantage $37.85 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage PPO $39.15 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage HMO $39.15 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $39.15 ↓ -96%
Value Options Medicare Advantage $39.15 ↓ -96%
Magellan Medicare Advantage $39.15 ↓ -96%
Careplus Medicare Advantage $39.15 ↓ -96%
Avmed Medicare Advantage $39.15 ↓ -96%
Independent Living Systems Medicare Advantage $39.74 ↓ -96%
Freedom Health Medicare Advantage $41.11 ↓ -96%
WellMed Medicare Advantage $41.11 ↓ -96%
Clear Spring Health All Products $42.28 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Behavioral Health $46.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage PCP $48.55 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Specialist $49.33 ↓ -95%
United All Products $49.59 ↓ -95%
Avmed Exchange $50.21 ↓ -95%
Avmed Select $52.14 ↓ -95%
Avmed Broad $56.00 ↓ -94%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid $71.29 ↓ -93%
Carelon BH Strategies Managed Medicaid $75.04 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $75.04 ↓ -92%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $75.04 ↓ -92%
SUNSHINE HEALTH Managed Medicaid $75.04 ↓ -92%
MOLINA Florida KidCare $75.04 ↓ -92%
Molina Florida Kidcare $75.04 ↓ -92%
Medicaid Managed Medicaid $75.04 ↓ -92%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $78.79 ↓ -92%
AETNA Managed Medicaid/CHIP $82.54 ↓ -92%
Independent Living Systems Managed Medicaid $90.05 ↓ -91%
Aetna POS First Health $144.00 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS Medicare Advantage PPO $178.69 ↓ -82%
Freedom Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.69 ↓ -82%
Careplus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.69 ↓ -82%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $178.69 ↓ -82%
Carelon BH Strategies MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.69 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS Medicare Advantage HMO $178.69 ↓ -82%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.69 ↓ -82%
Clear Spring Health ALL PRODUCTS $178.89 ↓ -82%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.17 ↓ -82%
WellMed MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.17 ↓ -82%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.17 ↓ -82%
AVMED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $185.84 ↓ -81%
Independent Living Systems MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $187.63 ↓ -81%
DEVOTED HEALTH Medicare Advantage HMO $201.48 ↓ -80%
Three Rivers All Products $208.00 ↓ -79%
Clarity Health All Products $208.00 ↓ -79%
The Legacy Companies All Products $208.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS HMO $212.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BSL $212.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS NWBI $237.00 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS NWB $237.00 ↓ -76%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $240.00 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS PPO $265.00 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS PHS $265.00 ↓ -73%
National Provider Network All Products $272.00 ↓ -73%
AVMED EXCHANGE $280.55 ↓ -72%
Aetna All Products First Health $288.00 ↓ -71%
AVMED Select $314.50 ↓ -68%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Mid-Level $320.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna All Products Physician $320.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $320.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Physician $320.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Surefit Physician $320.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Surefit Mid-Level $320.00 ↓ -68%
AETNA QHP $359.19 ↓ -64%
CIGNA Individual Family Plan $394.50 ↓ -60%
AVMED BROAD $409.21 ↓ -59%
CIGNA SUREFIT $475.85 ↓ -52%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $488.13 ↓ -51%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $546.46 ↓ -45%
BMI ALL PRODUCTS $767.50 ↓ -23%
MAGELLAN ALL PRODUCTS $921.00 ↓ -8%
The Legacy Companies ALL PRODUCTS $997.75 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $997.75 ↑ +0%
AETNA All Products First Health $1,228.00 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,228.00 ↑ +23%
Magellan Pinnacle not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
UNITED International not published by hospital —
UNITED NHP not published by hospital —
Value Options All Products not published by hospital —
Value Options Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
HUMANA Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna Medical Rental not published by hospital —
Aetna All Products Specialist not published by hospital —
Aetna All Products PCP not published by hospital —
Consociate Health Transplant not published by hospital —
Aetna All Products Anesthesia not published by hospital —
Aetna All Products Behavioral Health not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Optum Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Magellan Summit not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,077.38 $174.01 – $305.71
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