Artery x-rays spine 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

$8,522.00

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.

$8,522.00

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.

$732.89 with Freedom Health vs $10,733.33 with United — 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 $732.89 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $732.89 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1,022.64 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,107.86 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,363.52 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,448.74 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $1,789.62 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,789.62 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,815.19 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,874.84 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,960.06 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,019.71 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $2,045.28 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $2,215.72 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,215.72 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2,215.72 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $2,215.72 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2,215.72 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2,215.72 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2,300.94 ↓ -73%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,433.00 ↓ -71%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,484.22 ↓ -71%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,484.22 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $2,556.60 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $2,897.48 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,834.90 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,261.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $4,261.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4,261.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $4,261.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $4,261.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,942.76 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,391.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $6,817.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,243.70 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $10,226.40 ↑ +20%
United AllPayerAppendix $10,733.33 ↑ +26%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays spine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $11,524.16 $5,520.33 – $9,698.35
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $6,440.61 $5,520.33 – $12,411.45
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $20,013.00 $2,231.43 – $10,733.33
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $21,237.15 $5,810.88 – $10,610.66
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $30,872.40 $89.93 – $39,630.40
martin north hospital Stuart $30,305.60 $80.46 – $23,312.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $30,305.60 $93.13 – $37,299.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $8,130.20 $173.17 – $11,257.20

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