Crystal identification light microscopy 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.

$7.26 with HUMANA vs $759.60 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.26
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.26
Humana TRICR $7.29
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $7.33
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $7.33
Wellmed MGMCR $7.33
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $7.33
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $7.33
Leon Health MCR $7.33
Devoted Health MCR $7.33
United GVT $7.33
United Behavioral Health VACCN $7.33
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33
BCBS MCRHMO $7.48
BCBS MCRPPO $7.48
United MCR $7.48
Aetna MCR $7.55
Sunshine State MCR $7.70
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $7.70
Oscar MCR $7.70
American Health Plan MCR $7.77
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.84
Align MCR $7.84
AvMed MCR $7.92
Sunshine State MCD $8.06
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $8.06
Centurion GVT $8.06
Gold Kidney MCR $8.21
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.80
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $8.80
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.31
Oscar HIX $10.34
Solis Health Plan MCR $10.63
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $11.00
Freedom Health MGMCR $54.44
Optimum MGMCR $54.44
AvMed HIX $75.96
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $82.29
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $99.46
Freedom Health MGMCD $101.28
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $101.55
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $101.55
Molina MCR $107.61
AvMed FullyInsured $132.93
Humana HMO $132.93
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $134.83
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $139.26
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $145.59
United PPO OptionsPPO $150.02
AvMed ASOEO $151.92
AvMed Engage $164.58
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $164.58
AvMed Select $164.58
AvMed Empower $164.58
AvMed Flex $164.58
AvMed Focus $164.58
Molina HIX $170.91
Aetna ASA $189.90
Humana PPO $215.22
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $284.85
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $316.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $316.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $316.50
Plotkin Health COMM $316.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $316.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $367.14
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $474.75
Evernorth BH COMM $506.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $538.05
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $759.60
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.41 $6.96 – $12.23
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $217.41 $7.33 – $16.27
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $220.69 $6.96 – $15.66
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $148.96 $7.33 – $16.27
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $186.35 $6.96 – $16.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $54.16 $7.33 – $13.38
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $104.00 $2.34 – $160.00
martin north hospital Stuart $104.00 $2.46 – $160.00

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