Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$1,860.00

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.

$1,860.00

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.

$159.96 with Freedom Health vs $2,232.00 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $159.96 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $159.96 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $164.35 ↓ -91%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $167.81 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $167.81 ↓ -91%
Humana TRICR $193.93 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $206.62 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $206.62 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health MCR $208.71 ↓ -89%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $208.71 ↓ -89%
United GVT $208.71 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $208.71 ↓ -89%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $208.71 ↓ -89%
Leon Health MCR $208.71 ↓ -89%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $208.71 ↓ -89%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $208.71 ↓ -89%
Wellmed MGMCR $208.71 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRPPO $212.88 ↓ -89%
United MCR $212.88 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRHMO $212.88 ↓ -89%
Aetna MCR $214.97 ↓ -88%
Oscar MCR $219.15 ↓ -88%
Sunshine State MCR $219.15 ↓ -88%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $219.15 ↓ -88%
American Health Plan MCR $221.23 ↓ -88%
AvMed HIX $223.20 ↓ -88%
Florida Complete Care MCR $223.32 ↓ -88%
Align MCR $223.32 ↓ -88%
AvMed MCR $225.41 ↓ -88%
Sunshine State MCD $229.58 ↓ -88%
Centurion GVT $229.58 ↓ -88%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $229.58 ↓ -88%
Gold Kidney MCR $233.76 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $241.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHP $249.24 ↓ -87%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $250.45 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $250.45 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $251.10 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $297.60 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $297.60 ↓ -84%
Solis Health Plan MCR $302.63 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO $314.34 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $316.20 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $316.20 ↓ -83%
Aetna PPO $362.70 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $390.60 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $390.60 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $390.60 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $390.60 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $396.18 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $409.20 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $427.80 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $440.82 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $446.40 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $483.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $483.60 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $483.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $483.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $483.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $483.60 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $502.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $558.00 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $632.40 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $837.00 ↓ -55%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $930.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $930.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $930.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $930.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $930.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,078.80 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,395.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $1,488.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,581.00 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,232.00 ↑ +20%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $267.42 $54.25 – $95.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $515.06 $57.11 – $126.78
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $256.78 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $268.47 $57.11 – $126.78
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $180.00 $54.25 – $124.76
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,544.00 $154.94 – $232.42
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $274.91 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $880.75 $42.16 – $1,151.75

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