Blood Culture Test 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.

$10.22 with HUMANA vs $1,245.60 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 MGMCRHMO $10.22
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.22
Humana TRICR $10.27
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $10.32
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $10.32
Wellmed MGMCR $10.32
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $10.32
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $10.32
Leon Health MCR $10.32
Devoted Health MCR $10.32
United GVT $10.32
United Behavioral Health VACCN $10.32
United AllPayerAppendix $10.32
BCBS MCRHMO $10.53
BCBS MCRPPO $10.53
United MCR $10.53
Aetna MCR $10.63
Sunshine State MCR $10.84
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $10.84
Oscar MCR $10.84
American Health Plan MCR $10.94
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.04
Align MCR $11.04
AvMed MCR $11.15
Sunshine State MCD $11.35
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $11.35
Centurion GVT $11.35
Gold Kidney MCR $11.56
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.38
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $12.38
Simply Healthcare HIX $13.11
Oscar HIX $14.55
Solis Health Plan MCR $14.96
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $15.48
Freedom Health MGMCR $89.27
Optimum MGMCR $89.27
AvMed HIX $124.56
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $134.94
Freedom Health MGMCD $166.08
Molina MCR $176.46
AvMed FullyInsured $217.98
Humana HMO $217.98
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $221.09
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $228.36
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $238.74
United PPO OptionsPPO $246.01
AvMed ASOEO $249.12
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $268.00
AvMed Engage $269.88
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $269.88
AvMed Select $269.88
AvMed Empower $269.88
AvMed Flex $269.88
AvMed Focus $269.88
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $273.65
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $273.65
Molina HIX $280.26
Aetna ASA $311.40
Humana PPO $352.92
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $467.10
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $519.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $519.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $519.00
Plotkin Health COMM $519.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $519.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $602.04
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $778.50
Evernorth BH COMM $830.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $882.30
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,245.60
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Blood Culture Test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $281.21 $9.80 – $17.22
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $633.35 $10.32 – $22.91
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $348.02 $9.80 – $22.04
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $568.37 $10.32 – $22.91
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $243.53 $9.80 – $22.54
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