CT thoracic spine 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 $6,866.40 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 $492.09
Freedom Health MGMCR $492.09
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $743.86
Aetna QHP $809.00
AvMed HIX $845.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $915.52
Molina MCR $972.74
Aetna HMO $1,061.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,218.79
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,258.84
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,316.06
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,356.11
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
AvMed Flex $1,487.72
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,487.72
AvMed Select $1,487.72
AvMed Empower $1,487.72
AvMed Engage $1,487.72
AvMed Focus $1,487.72
Molina HIX $1,544.94
Aetna ASA $1,716.60
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,574.90
Plotkin Health COMM $2,861.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $2,861.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,861.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $2,861.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,861.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $3,318.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4,282.87
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,291.50
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $4,373.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4,373.03
Evernorth BH COMM $4,577.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,863.70
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $6,866.40

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CT thoracic spine w/contrast at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,582.20 $174.01 – $437.27
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $7,112.05 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,947.05 $174.01 – $631.85
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $8,266.23 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,707.23 $174.01 – $570.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $9,270.49 $183.17 – $347.52
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,314.95 $50.71 – $1,304.75
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $45.37 – $767.50

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