Interferon beta-1b / .25 mg 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

$1,081.00

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.

$1,081.00

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.

$69.18 with BCBS vs $1,297.20 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 $69.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $74.59 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $92.97 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $92.97 ↓ -91%
BCBS MBN $111.34 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $140.53 ↓ -87%
BCBS SBN $141.61 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $141.61 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $172.96 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $185.93 ↓ -83%
BCBS NWB $185.93 ↓ -83%
BCBS PHS $248.63 ↓ -77%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $248.63 ↓ -77%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $248.63 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $256.20 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $281.06 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $281.06 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $281.06 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $281.06 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $281.06 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $324.30 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $486.45 ↓ -55%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $540.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $540.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $540.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $540.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $540.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $810.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $864.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $918.85 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $992.52 ↓ -8%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $1,297.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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