Esophageal dilat s&i 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

$2,771.00

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.

$2,771.00

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.

$177.34 with BCBS vs $3,325.20 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
BCBS MCRHMO $177.34 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $191.20 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $238.31 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $238.31 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $332.52 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $360.23 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $443.36 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $471.07 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $581.91 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $581.91 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $590.22 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $609.62 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $637.33 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $656.73 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $665.04 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $720.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $720.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $720.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $720.46 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $720.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $720.46 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $748.17 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $831.30 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $857.41 ↓ -69%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $875.46 ↓ -68%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $875.46 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $942.14 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,246.95 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,385.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,385.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,385.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,385.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,385.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,607.18 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,078.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $2,216.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,355.35 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,325.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Esophageal dilat s&i at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $646.41 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $2,040.00 $786.37 – $802.93
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,066.40 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $863.85 $24.74 – $950.30
martin north hospital Stuart $863.85 $22.13 – $559.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $726.70 $21.64 – $894.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $5,032.95 $129.63 – $6,968.70
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $5,032.95 $129.63 – $6,968.70

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