All procedures / Lower Back MRI / Miami–Fort Lauderdale, FL
Across 13 hospitals in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale, FL area that publish federally required price files, the median negotiated rate under commercial insurance is $1,453 (middle half of hospitals: $1,118–$2,515) and the median self-pay (cash) price is $3,775 for an MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine). The Medicare outpatient baseline for the same procedure family is $243.
Source: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR §180), file dates 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-07 · Medicare baseline: CMS OPPS Addendum B · Data extracted 2026-10-31 · Page updated 2026-10-31
Area covered: hospitals in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, Florida. Hospitals outside these places are not in this table, even if they serve the area.
| Hospital | Insured median | PPO | HMO | Commercial | Medicare Adv. | ACA Exchange | Medicare | Cash | List (gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larkin Community Hospital South Miami · CMS 1★ · file updated 2026-07-07 | $449 | $6502.7× Medicare | $9914.1× Medicare | $2491.0× Medicare | $2361.0× Medicare | $1530.6× Medicare | $2861.2× Medicare | $3,789 | $5,413 |
| Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus Hialeah · CMS 4★ · file updated 2026-01-30 | $691 | $7883.2× Medicare | $6912.8× Medicare | $2991.2× Medicare | $2,50010.3× Medicare | — | $2,0008.2× Medicare | $3,699 | $5,285 |
| Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston · CMS 5★ · file updated n/a | $1,054 | $1,1024.5× Medicare | — | $1,0054.1× Medicare | $2250.9× Medicare | — | — | $1,084 | $1,668 |
| Memorial Hospital Pembroke Pembroke Pines · CMS 4★ · file updated n/a | $1,118 | $4,86219.9× Medicare | $1,1184.6× Medicare | $4,57618.8× Medicare | $2591.1× Medicare | $5502.3× Medicare | $2761.1× Medicare | — | $8,580 |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar Miramar · CMS 5★ · file updated n/a | $1,118 | $4,86219.9× Medicare | $1,1184.6× Medicare | $4,57618.8× Medicare | $2591.1× Medicare | $5502.3× Medicare | $2751.1× Medicare | — | $8,580 |
| Wellington Regional Medical Center Wellington · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-01-01 | $1,351 | — | — | — | — | $1,3515.5× Medicare | — | $4,069 | $10,173 |
| Nicklaus Children'S Hospital Miami · file updated n/a | $1,453 | $1,4536.0× Medicare | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bethesda Hospital East Boynton Beach · CMS 2★ · file updated n/a | $1,966 | $2,86911.8× Medicare | $1,1184.6× Medicare | — | $2611.1× Medicare | $1,9668.1× Medicare | $2491.0× Medicare | $3,775 | $5,808 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton · CMS 2★ · file updated n/a | $2,371 | $3,40014.0× Medicare | $1,3425.5× Medicare | — | — | — | $2491.0× Medicare | $3,385 | $5,208 |
| West Kendall Baptist Hospital Miami · CMS 5★ · file updated n/a | $2,514 | $4,64619.1× Medicare | $2,51410.3× Medicare | — | $2841.2× Medicare | $2,2079.1× Medicare | $2571.1× Medicare | $3,775 | $5,808 |
| South Miami Hospital Miami · CMS 4★ · file updated n/a | $2,561 | $4,64619.1× Medicare | $2,56110.5× Medicare | — | $2841.2× Medicare | $2,2079.1× Medicare | $2711.1× Medicare | $3,775 | $5,808 |
| Homestead Hospital Homestead · CMS 4★ · file updated n/a | $2,962 | $4,64619.1× Medicare | $2,96212.2× Medicare | — | $2841.2× Medicare | $2,3879.8× Medicare | $2711.1× Medicare | $3,775 | $5,808 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Of Florida, Inc Miami Beach · CMS 3★ · file updated n/a | $3,351 | $4,51618.5× Medicare | $2,1869.0× Medicare | — | — | — | $2511.0× Medicare | $5,313 | $5,313 |
Each figure is the median of that hospital's published rates for the procedure's code family under that plan type. "Insured median" is the median of the hospital's commercial-plan rates (PPO, HMO, EPO, POS, ACA marketplace and plans not labelled by type); the headline figure is the median of that column. Hospitals label plan types differently, so compare the Insured median column across hospitals rather than a single plan-type column. "×Medicare" compares to the CMS national outpatient rate. Blank cells mean the hospital's file discloses no dollar rate for that plan type.
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