Absorpt drg <=16 sq in w/bdr at HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL

18000 NW 57TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1407801673

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$1.65 with Humana vs $2.46 with Solis Health Plan — 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
Humana TRICR $1.65
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $1.68
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $1.68
Devoted Health MCR $1.70
United Behavioral Health VACCN $1.70
United GVT $1.70
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $1.70
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $1.70
Leon Health MCR $1.70
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $1.70
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $1.70
Wellmed MGMCR $1.70
BCBS MCRHMO $1.73
BCBS MCRPPO $1.73
United MCR $1.73
Aetna MCR $1.75
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $1.78
Oscar MCR $1.78
Sunshine State MCR $1.78
American Health Plan MCR $1.80
Align MCR $1.82
Florida Complete Care MCR $1.82
AvMed MCR $1.84
Sunshine State MCD $1.87
Centurion GVT $1.87
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $1.87
Gold Kidney MCR $1.90
Longevity Health Plan MCR $2.04
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $2.04
Solis Health Plan MCR $2.46

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Absorpt drg <=16 sq in w/bdr at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $1.36 – $2.04
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA not published $1.65 – $2.46
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS not published $1.61 – $2.46
HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL DORAL not published $1.65 – $3.57
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL TALLAHASSEE not published $1.65 – $2.89
HCA FLORIDA CITRUS HOSPITAL Inverness not published $1.65 – $1.87
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD not published $1.65 – $2.46
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES not published $1.65 – $2.04

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