New study urges patients to do research for best price medical procedures

The average cost of a mammogram, for example, is $307 for a member of an employer-funded health care plan in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, making the region the ninth-most expensive for that procedure of the 30 largest cities identified in the study.

But within Broward and Miami-Dade, mammogram prices for insurance policyholders and their employers ranged from $96 to $510.

This is the second year Castlight has produced the comparison, based on millions of claims processed through a health benefits portal it manages for companies across the U.S., said Eric Mann, the company’s vice president of product marketing.