ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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.

$73.00 with AvMed vs $7,016.40 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
AvMed ASOEO $73.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $209.95
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $214.37
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $214.37
Molina HIX $800.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $935.52
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,240.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,385.74
Aetna ASA $1,754.10
Simply Healthcare HIX $2,194.00
BCBS MBN $2,398.00
Oscar HIX $2,428.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,631.15
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $2,923.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,923.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,923.50
Plotkin Health COMM $2,923.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $2,923.50
BCBS HMO $2,981.00
BCBS SBN $2,981.00
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $3,126.00
Cigna HMO $3,143.00
Cigna PPO $3,143.00
BCBS PPO $3,274.00
BCBS NWB $3,274.00
AvMed HIX $3,326.00
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $3,599.00
BCBS PHS $3,599.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,385.25
United AllPayerAppendix $4,400.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,969.95
AvMed FullyInsured $6,642.00
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $7,016.40

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $3,418.53 $590.81 – $1,037.95
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $4,722.24 $621.90 – $1,380.62
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,097.46 $590.81 – $1,328.32
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,579.62 $621.90 – $1,380.62
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $4,868.04 $590.81 – $1,358.54
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $7,102.65 $621.90 – $1,135.59
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,437.20 $89.52 – $4,494.80
martin north hospital Stuart $3,437.20 $129.22 – $2,644.00

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