Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL
18000 NW 57TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1407801673
$11,959.00
Cash price 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.
$11,959.00
Gross charge 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.
$147.25 with CorVel Corporation vs $14,350.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $147.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $150.35 | ↓ -99% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $150.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,028.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $1,028.47 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $1,435.08 | ↓ -88% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $1,554.67 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $1,614.46 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $1,913.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,913.44 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | HIX | $2,033.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $2,033.03 | ↓ -83% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $2,511.39 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,511.39 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,511.39 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $2,547.27 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $2,630.98 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $2,750.57 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $2,834.28 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,870.16 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Empower | $3,109.34 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $3,109.34 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $3,109.34 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $3,109.34 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $3,109.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $3,228.93 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,587.70 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $5,381.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $5,979.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $5,979.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $5,979.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $5,979.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $5,979.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $6,936.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $8,969.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $9,567.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $10,165.15 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $14,350.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,961.72 | $542.08 – $952.35 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $13,083.37 | $570.61 – $1,266.75 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $2,490.76 | $542.08 – $1,218.77 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $3,964.88 | $570.61 – $1,266.75 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $3,524.36 | $542.08 – $1,246.50 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $6,474.00 | $134.90 – $137.74 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $6,805.02 | $570.61 – $1,041.93 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $2,978.95 | $54.56 – $3,349.85 |