Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL
18000 NW 57TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1407801673
$12,738.00
Cash price 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.
$12,738.00
Gross charge 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.
$828.27 with United vs $15,285.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -93% |
| AvMed | HIX | $1,034.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $1,095.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,095.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | QHP | $1,116.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,462.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $1,655.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2,012.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $2,038.08 | ↓ -84% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $2,119.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $2,165.46 | ↓ -83% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,329.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $2,713.19 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $2,802.36 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $2,929.74 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $3,018.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $3,311.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $3,311.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $3,311.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $3,311.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $3,311.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $3,311.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $3,439.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,821.40 | ↓ -70% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $3,901.79 | ↓ -69% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $3,983.94 | ↓ -69% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $3,983.94 | ↓ -69% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $5,732.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $6,369.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $6,369.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $6,369.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $6,369.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $6,369.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $7,388.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $9,553.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $10,190.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $10,827.30 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $15,285.60 | ↑ +20% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $6,251.48 | $346.11 – $865.63 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $18,799.04 | $364.32 – $958.38 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $5,375.74 | $346.11 – $1,177.02 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $6,834.44 | $364.32 – $808.79 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $6,186.08 | $346.11 – $1,130.31 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $12,130.06 | $364.32 – $687.95 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,657.20 | $98.01 – $2,618.00 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $2,570.10 | $87.69 – $1,540.00 |