ER Visit (level 3) 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.

$77.90 with CorVel Corporation vs $4,055.00 with United — 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.90
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $79.54
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $79.54
Freedom Health MGMCD $514.72
United PPO OptionsPPO $762.43
Molina HIX $800.00
Aetna ASA $965.10
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,240.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,447.65
AvMed HIX $1,559.00
Plotkin Health COMM $1,608.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,608.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,608.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,608.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,608.50
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,677.00
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $1,750.00
Oscar HIX $1,856.00
BCBS MBN $1,989.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,412.75
BCBS SBN $2,465.00
BCBS HMO $2,465.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,734.45
BCBS PPO $2,746.00
BCBS NWB $2,746.00
Cigna PPO $3,143.00
Cigna HMO $3,143.00
AvMed FullyInsured $3,196.00
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $3,401.00
BCBS PHS $3,401.00
AvMed ASOEO $3,510.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,860.40
United AllPayerAppendix $4,055.00

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ER Visit (level 3) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,471.11 $270.81 – $475.77
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,340.10 $285.06 – $632.84
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,177.63 $270.81 – $608.87
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,908.05 $285.06 – $632.84
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,428.20 $270.81 – $622.72
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,858.25 $285.06 – $520.53
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,552.85 $35.80 – $2,030.65
martin north hospital Stuart $1,552.85 $46.22 – $1,194.50

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