Myelography thoracic spine at HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL
18000 NW 57TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1407801673
$4,852.00
Cash price 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.
$4,852.00
Gross charge 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.
$417.27 with Freedom Health vs $5,822.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $417.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $417.27 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $582.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $630.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $776.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $824.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,018.92 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $1,018.92 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $1,033.48 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $1,067.44 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $1,115.96 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $1,149.92 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $1,164.48 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | Focus | $1,261.52 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $1,261.52 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $1,261.52 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $1,261.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $1,261.52 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $1,261.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $1,310.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,455.60 | ↓ -70% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,649.68 | ↓ -66% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $2,183.40 | ↓ -55% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,275.44 | ↓ -53% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,323.34 | ↓ -52% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,323.34 | ↓ -52% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $2,426.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $2,426.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $2,426.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $2,426.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $2,426.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $2,814.16 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $3,639.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $3,881.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $4,124.20 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $5,822.40 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $3,261.15 | $797.83 – $1,817.36 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $4,665.70 | $37.50 – $5,791.90 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $4,429.10 | $33.55 – $3,407.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $4,429.10 | $36.44 – $5,451.20 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $1,922.70 | $173.17 – $2,662.20 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $1,922.70 | $353.09 – $2,662.20 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $1,922.70 | $342.29 – $2,662.20 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $1,922.70 | $342.29 – $2,662.20 |