Contrast x-ray of brain at HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL
18000 NW 57TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1407801673
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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.
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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.
$732.83 with CorVel Corporation vs $828.27 with United — 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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| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $732.83 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $748.26 | — |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $748.26 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) | Joe | $844.40 | $206.25 – $824.45 |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) | Panama City | $1,112.80 | $206.26 – $824.45 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | not published | $346.11 – $1,049.13 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | not published | $364.32 – $958.38 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | not published | $346.11 – $1,426.53 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | not published | $364.32 – $833.79 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | not published | $346.11 – $1,369.91 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | not published | $672.12 – $828.27 |