Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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.

$175.75 with CorVel Corporation vs $2,978.40 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $175.75
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $179.45
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $179.45
Optimum MGMCR $213.45
Freedom Health MGMCR $213.45
AvMed HIX $297.84
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $322.66
Simply Healthcare HIX $335.07
Oscar HIX $397.12
Freedom Health MGMCD $397.12
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $421.94
Molina MCR $421.94
AvMed FullyInsured $521.22
Humana HMO $521.22
Cigna PPO $521.22
Cigna HMO $521.22
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $528.67
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $546.04
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $570.86
United PPO OptionsPPO $588.23
AvMed ASOEO $595.68
AvMed Engage $645.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $645.32
AvMed Focus $645.32
AvMed Empower $645.32
AvMed Flex $645.32
AvMed Select $645.32
Molina HIX $670.14
Aetna ASA $744.60
Humana PPO $843.88
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,116.90
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,241.00
Plotkin Health COMM $1,241.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,241.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,241.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,241.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,439.56
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,861.50
Evernorth BH COMM $1,985.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,109.70
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,978.40
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,790.96 $236.71 – $415.86
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $6,921.03 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,889.00 $236.71 – $532.20
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,310.93 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,101.78 $236.71 – $544.31
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,695.84 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,358.50 $25.29 – $1,477.30
martin north hospital Stuart $1,358.50 $22.62 – $869.00

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