Assay blood catecholamines 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

$427.00

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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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$427.00

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.

$28.79 with HUMANA vs $512.40 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 MGMCRPPO $28.79 ↓ -93%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $28.79 ↓ -93%
Humana TRICR $28.95 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
United GVT $29.08 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.08 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $29.08 ↓ -93%
Leon Health MCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
Wellmed MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $29.66 ↓ -93%
United MCR $29.66 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.66 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $29.95 ↓ -93%
Oscar MCR $30.53 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCR $30.53 ↓ -93%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $30.53 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MCR $30.82 ↓ -93%
Florida Complete Care MCR $31.12 ↓ -93%
Align MCR $31.12 ↓ -93%
AvMed MCR $31.41 ↓ -93%
Centurion GVT $31.99 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCD $31.99 ↓ -93%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $31.99 ↓ -93%
Gold Kidney MCR $32.57 ↓ -92%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $34.90 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $34.90 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $36.72 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $36.72 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare HIX $36.93 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $41.00 ↓ -90%
Solis Health Plan MCR $42.17 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $43.62 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $51.24 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $55.51 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $68.32 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $72.59 ↓ -83%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $80.61 ↓ -81%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.30 ↓ -81%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.30 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $89.67 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $89.67 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $90.95 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $93.94 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $98.21 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $101.20 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $102.48 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $111.02 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $111.02 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $111.02 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $111.02 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $111.02 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $111.02 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $115.29 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $128.10 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $145.18 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $192.15 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $213.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $213.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $213.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $213.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $213.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $247.66 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $320.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $341.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $362.95 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $512.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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