Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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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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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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.

$0.01 with Humana vs $48.00 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

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 TRICR $0.01
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
BCBS MCRHMO $2.56
Aetna MCR $2.76
Freedom Health MGMCR $3.44
Optimum MGMCR $3.44
BCBS MBN $4.12
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $5.20
BCBS SBN $5.24
BCBS HMO $5.24
Freedom Health MGMCD $6.40
BCBS NWB $6.88
BCBS PPO $6.88
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $9.20
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $9.20
BCBS PHS $9.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $9.48
AvMed Select $10.40
AvMed Focus $10.40
AvMed Flex $10.40
AvMed Engage $10.40
AvMed Empower $10.40
Aetna ASA $12.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $18.00
Plotkin Health COMM $20.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $20.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $20.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $20.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $20.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $30.00
Evernorth BH COMM $32.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $34.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $48.00
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $96.46 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $125.26 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $253.37 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $143.80 not published
HCA FLORIDA LARGO HOSPITAL LARGO $5.00 $0.01 – $0.02
Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast $125.26 not published
Adventhealth Waterman Tavares $256.25 not published
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando $370.31 not published

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