CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast 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.

$401.74 with United vs $9,397.20 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
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Optimum MGMCR $673.47
Freedom Health MGMCR $673.47
Aetna QHP $809.00
AvMed HIX $845.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,018.03
Aetna HMO $1,061.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,252.96
Molina MCR $1,331.27
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,668.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,722.82
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,801.13
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,855.95
AvMed Flex $2,036.06
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,036.06
AvMed Select $2,036.06
AvMed Empower $2,036.06
AvMed Engage $2,036.06
AvMed Focus $2,036.06
Molina HIX $2,114.37
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
Aetna ASA $2,349.30
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,523.95
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,580.40
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,655.77
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $3,655.77
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,915.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $3,915.50
Plotkin Health COMM $3,915.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,915.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $3,915.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,541.98
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,873.25
Evernorth BH COMM $6,264.80
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $6,656.35
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $9,397.20

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,572.07 $174.01 – $437.27
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,427.48 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,674.90 $174.01 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,461.54 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,946.68 $174.01 – $570.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $5,776.47 $183.17 – $347.52
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,320.80 $52.65 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $51.35 – $767.50

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