Cytopath smear other source 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

$532.00

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.

$532.00

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.

$45.75 with Optimum vs $638.40 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
Optimum MGMCR $45.75 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $45.75 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $63.84 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $69.16 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $71.82 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $85.12 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $85.12 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $90.44 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $90.44 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $111.72 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $111.72 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $113.32 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $117.04 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $122.36 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $126.08 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $127.68 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $138.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $138.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $138.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $138.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $138.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $138.32 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $143.64 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $159.60 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $168.55 ↓ -68%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $172.10 ↓ -68%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $172.10 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $180.88 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $239.40 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $266.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $266.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $266.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $266.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $266.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $308.56 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $399.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $425.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $452.20 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $638.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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