Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm 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.

$13.06 with HUMANA vs $96.20 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.06
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.06
Humana TRICR $13.13
Devoted Health MCR $13.19
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.19
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19
United GVT $13.19
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $13.19
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $13.19
Leon Health MCR $13.19
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.19
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.19
Wellmed MGMCR $13.19
BCBS MCRPPO $13.45
United MCR $13.45
BCBS MCRHMO $13.45
Aetna MCR $13.59
Oscar MCR $13.85
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $13.85
Sunshine State MCR $13.85
American Health Plan MCR $13.98
Align MCR $14.11
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.11
AvMed MCR $14.25
Sunshine State MCD $14.51
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $14.51
Centurion GVT $14.51
Gold Kidney MCR $14.77
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $15.83
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.83
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.75
Oscar HIX $18.60
Solis Health Plan MCR $19.13
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $19.79
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $94.22
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $96.20
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $96.20
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $57.61 $12.53 – $22.01
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $61.88 $12.53 – $28.17
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $203.58 $13.19 – $29.28
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $87.93 $13.19 – $24.08
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $151.45 $4.75 – $19.00
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