Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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.

$14.36 with Freedom Health vs $200.40 with AIDS Healthcare — 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $14.36
Optimum MGMCR $14.36
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $16.60
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $16.60
Humana TRICR $16.69
Devoted Health MCR $16.77
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.77
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77
United GVT $16.77
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $16.77
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $16.77
Leon Health MCR $16.77
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $16.77
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $16.77
Wellmed MGMCR $16.77
BCBS MCRHMO $17.11
United MCR $17.11
BCBS MCRPPO $17.11
Aetna MCR $17.27
Oscar MCR $17.61
Sunshine State MCR $17.61
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $17.61
American Health Plan MCR $17.78
Align MCR $17.94
Florida Complete Care MCR $17.94
AvMed MCR $18.11
Centurion GVT $18.45
Sunshine State MCD $18.45
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $18.45
Gold Kidney MCR $18.78
AvMed HIX $20.04
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $20.12
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.12
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.30
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $21.71
Oscar HIX $23.65
Solis Health Plan MCR $24.32
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $25.16
Freedom Health MGMCD $26.72
Molina MCR $28.39
AvMed FullyInsured $35.07
Humana HMO $35.07
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $35.57
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $36.74
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $38.41
United PPO OptionsPPO $39.58
AvMed ASOEO $40.08
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $43.42
AvMed Select $43.42
AvMed Empower $43.42
AvMed Engage $43.42
AvMed Flex $43.42
AvMed Focus $43.42
Molina HIX $45.09
Aetna ASA $50.10
Humana PPO $56.78
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $75.15
AvMed MDCSelectOON $83.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $83.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $83.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $83.50
Plotkin Health COMM $83.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $96.86
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $103.64
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $105.83
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $105.83
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $125.25
Evernorth BH COMM $133.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $141.95
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $200.40
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $181.10 $15.93 – $27.99
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $181.10 $16.77 – $37.23
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $181.10 $15.93 – $35.82
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $258.85 $16.77 – $37.23
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $155.23 $15.93 – $36.63
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $124.33 $16.77 – $30.62
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $116.35 $5.78 – $179.00
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