Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL
18000 NW 57TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1407801673
$1,542.00
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.
$1,542.00
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.
$132.61 with Freedom Health vs $1,850.40 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.
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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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $132.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $132.61 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $185.04 | ↓ -88% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $200.46 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $246.72 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $262.14 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | HMO | $323.82 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $323.82 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $328.45 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $339.24 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $354.66 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $365.45 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $370.08 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Focus | $400.92 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $400.92 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $400.92 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $400.92 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $400.92 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $400.92 | ↓ -74% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $416.34 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $462.60 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $524.28 | ↓ -66% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $693.90 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $771.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $771.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $771.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $771.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $771.00 | ↓ -50% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $857.41 | ↓ -44% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $875.46 | ↓ -43% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $875.46 | ↓ -43% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $894.36 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $1,156.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $1,233.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $1,310.70 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $1,850.40 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $2,355.11 | $183.17 – $334.46 |
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