L/s ratio fetal lung 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

$408.00

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.

$408.00

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.

$21.77 with HUMANA vs $489.60 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $21.77 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $21.77 ↓ -95%
Humana TRICR $21.89 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -95%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -95%
Wellmed MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -95%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $21.99 ↓ -95%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -95%
Leon Health MCR $21.99 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $21.99 ↓ -95%
United GVT $21.99 ↓ -95%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $21.99 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.99 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $22.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.43 ↓ -95%
United MCR $22.43 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $22.65 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCR $23.09 ↓ -94%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $23.09 ↓ -94%
Oscar MCR $23.09 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MCR $23.31 ↓ -94%
Florida Complete Care MCR $23.53 ↓ -94%
Align MCR $23.53 ↓ -94%
AvMed MCR $23.75 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCD $24.19 ↓ -94%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $24.19 ↓ -94%
Centurion GVT $24.19 ↓ -94%
Gold Kidney MCR $24.63 ↓ -94%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $26.39 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $26.39 ↓ -94%
Simply Healthcare HIX $27.93 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $31.01 ↓ -92%
Solis Health Plan MCR $31.89 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $32.98 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $48.96 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $53.04 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $65.28 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $69.36 ↓ -83%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $80.61 ↓ -80%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $82.30 ↓ -80%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $82.30 ↓ -80%
AvMed FullyInsured $85.68 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $85.68 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $86.90 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $89.76 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $93.84 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $96.70 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $97.92 ↓ -76%
AvMed Engage $106.08 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $106.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $106.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $106.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $106.08 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $106.08 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $110.16 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $122.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $138.72 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $183.60 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $204.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $204.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $204.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $204.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $204.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $236.64 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $306.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $326.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $346.80 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $489.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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L/s ratio fetal lung at other Florida hospitals

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Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $128.05 $21.99 – $128.64
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $11.55 $19.93 – $76.63
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $21.55 $21.99 – $82.84
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $21.55 $21.99 – $82.84
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $21.55 $21.99 – $82.84
HCA FLORIDA CITRUS HOSPITAL Inverness $134.68 $19.93 – $71.30
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $107.75 $19.93 – $77.95
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