Lactic acid 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.

$11.45 with HUMANA vs $847.20 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
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.45
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.45
Humana TRICR $11.52
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $11.57
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $11.57
Wellmed MGMCR $11.57
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.57
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.57
Leon Health MCR $11.57
Devoted Health MCR $11.57
United GVT $11.57
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.57
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57
BCBS MCRHMO $11.80
BCBS MCRPPO $11.80
United MCR $11.80
Aetna MCR $11.92
Sunshine State MCR $12.15
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.15
Oscar MCR $12.15
American Health Plan MCR $12.26
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.38
Align MCR $12.38
AvMed MCR $12.50
Sunshine State MCD $12.73
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $12.73
Centurion GVT $12.73
Gold Kidney MCR $12.96
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.88
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.88
Simply Healthcare HIX $14.69
Oscar HIX $16.31
Solis Health Plan MCR $16.78
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $17.36
Freedom Health MGMCR $60.72
Optimum MGMCR $60.72
AvMed HIX $84.72
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $91.78
Freedom Health MGMCD $112.96
Molina MCR $120.02
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $140.29
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $143.24
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $143.24
AvMed FullyInsured $148.26
Humana HMO $148.26
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $150.38
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $155.32
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $162.38
United PPO OptionsPPO $167.32
AvMed ASOEO $169.44
AvMed Engage $183.56
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $183.56
AvMed Select $183.56
AvMed Empower $183.56
AvMed Flex $183.56
AvMed Focus $183.56
Molina HIX $190.62
Aetna ASA $211.80
Humana PPO $240.04
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $317.70
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $353.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $353.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $353.00
Plotkin Health COMM $353.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $353.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $409.48
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $529.50
Evernorth BH COMM $564.80
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $600.10
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $847.20
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Lactic acid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $261.49 $10.99 – $19.31
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $98.16 $11.57 – $25.69
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