Contrast x-ray of knee joint 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.

$232.11 with Freedom Health vs $3,238.80 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $232.11
Optimum MGMCR $232.11
AvMed HIX $323.88
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $350.87
Freedom Health MGMCD $431.84
Molina MCR $458.83
Humana HMO $566.79
AvMed FullyInsured $566.79
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $574.89
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $593.78
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $620.77
United PPO OptionsPPO $639.66
AvMed ASOEO $647.76
AvMed Empower $701.74
AvMed Focus $701.74
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $701.74
AvMed Flex $701.74
AvMed Select $701.74
AvMed Engage $701.74
Molina HIX $728.73
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $770.52
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $786.74
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $786.74
Aetna ASA $809.70
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Humana PPO $917.66
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,214.55
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,349.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,349.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,349.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,349.50
Plotkin Health COMM $1,349.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,565.42
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,024.25
Evernorth BH COMM $2,159.20
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,294.15
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,238.80
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of knee joint at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,572.77 $346.11 – $608.05
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,370.11 $346.11 – $1,140.93
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,495.47 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,458.01 $346.11 – $795.86
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,638.34 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,171.00 $24.88 – $2,618.00
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $22.26 – $1,484.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,002.00 $22.17 – $2,375.20

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