Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo 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

$2,044.00

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.

$2,044.00

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.

$130.82 with BCBS vs $2,452.80 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 $130.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $141.04 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $175.78 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $175.78 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $245.28 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $265.72 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $327.04 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $347.48 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $429.24 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $429.24 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $435.37 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $449.68 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $470.12 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $484.43 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $490.56 ↓ -76%
AvMed Select $531.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $531.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $531.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $531.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $531.44 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $531.44 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $551.88 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $613.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $694.96 ↓ -66%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $857.41 ↓ -58%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $875.46 ↓ -57%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $875.46 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $919.80 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,022.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,022.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,022.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,022.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,022.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,185.52 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,533.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $1,635.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,737.40 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $2,452.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $615.76 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $610.59 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,195.77 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,007.27 not published
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