Procalcitonin 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

$273.00

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.

$273.00

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.

$23.48 with Freedom Health vs $327.60 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $23.48 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $23.48 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $26.95 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $26.95 ↓ -90%
Humana TRICR $27.10 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $27.22 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.22 ↓ -90%
United GVT $27.22 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
Leon Health MCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
Wellmed MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRHMO $27.76 ↓ -90%
United MCR $27.76 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRPPO $27.76 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCR $28.04 ↓ -90%
Oscar MCR $28.58 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCR $28.58 ↓ -90%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $28.58 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan MCR $28.85 ↓ -89%
Align MCR $29.13 ↓ -89%
Florida Complete Care MCR $29.13 ↓ -89%
AvMed MCR $29.40 ↓ -89%
Centurion GVT $29.94 ↓ -89%
Sunshine State MCD $29.94 ↓ -89%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $29.94 ↓ -89%
Gold Kidney MCR $30.49 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $32.66 ↓ -88%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $32.66 ↓ -88%
AvMed HIX $32.76 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $34.57 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $35.49 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $38.38 ↓ -86%
Solis Health Plan MCR $39.47 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $40.83 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $43.68 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $46.41 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $57.33 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $57.33 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $58.15 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $60.06 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $62.79 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $64.70 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $65.52 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $70.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $70.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $70.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $70.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $70.98 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $70.98 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $73.71 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $81.90 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $92.82 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $122.85 ↓ -55%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $136.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $136.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $136.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $136.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $136.50 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $149.71 ↓ -45%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $152.86 ↓ -44%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $152.86 ↓ -44%
Medica HealthCare MCR $158.34 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $204.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $218.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $232.05 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $327.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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