Head CT scan (without contrast) 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.

$245.18 with United vs $9,133.20 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
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Optimum MGMCR $654.55
Freedom Health MGMCR $654.55
Aetna QHP $809.00
AvMed HIX $845.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $989.43
Aetna HMO $1,061.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,217.76
Molina MCR $1,293.87
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,621.14
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,674.42
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,750.53
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,803.81
AvMed Engage $1,978.86
AvMed Flex $1,978.86
AvMed Empower $1,978.86
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,978.86
AvMed Focus $1,978.86
AvMed Select $1,978.86
Molina HIX $2,054.97
AvMed FullyInsured $2,119.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,227.81
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,274.71
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,274.71
Aetna ASA $2,283.30
AvMed ASOEO $2,329.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,424.95
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,805.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $3,805.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $3,805.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,805.50
Plotkin Health COMM $3,805.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,414.38
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,708.25
Evernorth BH COMM $6,088.80
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $6,469.35
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $9,133.20

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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $3,756.83 $103.72 – $222.10
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $7,029.41 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,463.36 $103.72 – $301.99
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $7,113.12 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,113.31 $103.72 – $290.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,449.43 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $839.80 $34.94 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $789.75 $31.26 – $459.00

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