Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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

$207.00

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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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$207.00

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.

$6.54 with Humana vs $248.40 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
Humana TRICR $6.54 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.60 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $6.67 ↓ -97%
United GVT $6.67 ↓ -97%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $6.67 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $6.67 ↓ -97%
Leon Health MCR $6.67 ↓ -97%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.67 ↓ -97%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.67 ↓ -97%
Wellmed MGMCR $6.67 ↓ -97%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $6.67 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.80 ↓ -97%
United MCR $6.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.80 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $6.87 ↓ -97%
Sunshine State MCR $7.00 ↓ -97%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $7.00 ↓ -97%
Oscar MCR $7.00 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MCR $7.07 ↓ -97%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.14 ↓ -97%
Align MCR $7.14 ↓ -97%
AvMed MCR $7.20 ↓ -97%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $7.34 ↓ -96%
Sunshine State MCD $7.34 ↓ -96%
Centurion GVT $7.34 ↓ -96%
Gold Kidney MCR $7.47 ↓ -96%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.00 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $8.00 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.50 ↓ -95%
Solis Health Plan MCR $9.67 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.70 ↓ -95%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $9.70 ↓ -95%
Freedom Health MGMCR $17.80 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $17.80 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $24.84 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $26.91 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $27.95 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $33.12 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $33.12 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $35.19 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $35.19 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $43.47 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $43.47 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $43.47 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $43.47 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $44.09 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $45.54 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $47.61 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $49.06 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $49.68 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $53.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $53.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $53.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $53.82 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $53.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $53.82 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $55.89 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $62.10 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $70.38 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $93.15 ↓ -55%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $103.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $103.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $103.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $103.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $103.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $120.06 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $155.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $165.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $175.95 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $248.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $156.18 $6.34 – $11.13
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $198.66 $6.67 – $14.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $208.61 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $261.59 $6.67 – $14.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $85.83 $6.34 – $14.57
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $253.76 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $135.20 $4.70 – $176.80
martin north hospital Stuart $135.20 $7.70 – $156.00

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