Bactericidal level serum 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.

$14.87 with HUMANA vs $112.24 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 MGMCRHMO $14.87
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.87
Humana TRICR $14.96
Devoted Health MCR $15.02
United Behavioral Health VACCN $15.02
United AllPayerAppendix $15.02
United GVT $15.02
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $15.02
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $15.02
Leon Health MCR $15.02
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $15.02
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $15.02
Wellmed MGMCR $15.02
BCBS MCRPPO $15.32
United MCR $15.32
BCBS MCRHMO $15.32
Aetna MCR $15.47
Oscar MCR $15.77
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.77
Sunshine State MCR $15.77
American Health Plan MCR $15.92
Align MCR $16.07
Florida Complete Care MCR $16.07
AvMed MCR $16.22
Sunshine State MCD $16.52
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $16.52
Centurion GVT $16.52
Gold Kidney MCR $16.82
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $18.02
Longevity Health Plan MCR $18.02
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.08
Oscar HIX $21.18
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.78
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $22.53
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $109.92
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $112.24
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $112.24
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Bactericidal level serum at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $89.00 $12.02 – $102.94
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $161.20 $15.02 – $161.94
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $32.74 $13.61 – $104.50
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $30.71 $13.22 – $37.55
Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.) Saint Johns $30.71 $13.22 – $37.55
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville $30.71 $13.22 – $37.55
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Middleburg $30.71 $13.22 – $37.55
HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL DORAL $377.00 $14.87 – $112.24

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