CT guidance for needle placement 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

$11,004.00

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.

$11,004.00

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.

$704.26 with BCBS vs $13,204.80 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
BCBS MCRHMO $704.26 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $759.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHP $809.00 ↓ -93%
AvMed HIX $845.00 ↓ -92%
Optimum MGMCR $946.34 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $946.34 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $1,061.00 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,430.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna PPO $1,462.00 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,760.64 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,870.68 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00 ↓ -81%
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2,343.85 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $2,420.88 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $2,530.92 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,607.95 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $2,861.04 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,861.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2,861.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2,861.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2,861.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $2,861.04 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2,971.08 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $3,301.20 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,951.80 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $5,502.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $5,502.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $5,502.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $5,502.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $5,502.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $6,382.32 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $8,253.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $8,803.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $9,353.40 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $13,204.80 ↑ +20%

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CT guidance for needle placement at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $7,813.42 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $11,617.70 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $8,404.99 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,508.26 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,182.94 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,766.35 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,171.65 $46.87 – $2,329.85
martin north hospital Stuart $1,781.65 $41.94 – $1,370.50

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