Intracranial limited study 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

$482.00

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.

$482.00

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.

$41.45 with Freedom Health vs $578.40 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $41.45 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $41.45 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $57.84 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $62.66 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $65.07 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $77.12 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $77.12 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $81.94 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $81.94 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $101.22 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $101.22 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $101.22 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $101.22 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $102.67 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $106.04 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $110.86 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $114.23 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $115.68 ↓ -76%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $121.60 ↓ -75%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $124.16 ↓ -74%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $124.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $125.32 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $125.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $125.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $125.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $125.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $125.32 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $130.14 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $144.60 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $163.88 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $216.90 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $241.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $241.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $241.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $241.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $241.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $279.56 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $361.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $385.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $409.70 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $578.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Intracranial limited study at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,344.82 $109.17 – $242.37
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,025.00 $111.15 – $113.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $492.14 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $705.25 $26.43 – $649.40
martin north hospital Stuart $496.60 $69.84 – $382.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $496.60 $66.35 – $611.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $775.45 $69.11 – $1,073.70
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $775.45 $69.11 – $1,073.70

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