Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$1,533.00

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.

$1,533.00

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.

$131.84 with Freedom Health vs $1,839.60 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $131.84 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $131.84 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $183.96 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $199.29 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $229.27 ↓ -85%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $234.10 ↓ -85%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $234.10 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $245.28 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $260.61 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $321.93 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $321.93 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $326.53 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $337.26 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $352.59 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $363.32 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $367.92 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $398.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $398.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $398.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $398.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $398.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $398.58 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $413.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $459.90 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $521.22 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $689.85 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $766.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $766.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $766.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $766.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $766.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $889.14 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,149.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $1,226.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,303.05 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,839.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $455.10 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $473.09 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,476.02 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $681.26 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $967.20 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $653.90 $8.38 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $596.70 $7.50 – $459.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $596.70 $8.97 – $734.40

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