Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL
18000 NW 57TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1407801673
$1,161.00
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.
$1,161.00
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.
$49.76 with United vs $1,393.20 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.
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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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $49.76 | ↓ -96% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $99.85 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $99.85 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $139.32 | ↓ -88% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $150.93 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $156.74 | ↓ -86% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $185.76 | ↓ -84% |
| Oscar | HIX | $185.76 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | HIX | $197.37 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $197.37 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | HMO | $243.81 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $243.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $247.29 | ↓ -79% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCR | $255.42 | ↓ -78% |
| MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) | MCR | $267.03 | ↓ -77% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $275.16 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $278.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $301.86 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $301.86 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $301.86 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $301.86 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $301.86 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $301.86 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $313.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $348.30 | ↓ -70% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $354.90 | ↓ -69% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $362.37 | ↓ -69% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $362.37 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | PPO | $394.74 | ↓ -66% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $522.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $580.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $580.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | MDCSelectOON | $580.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JHSSelectHMO | $580.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $580.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica HealthCare | MCR | $673.38 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $870.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $928.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $986.85 | ↓ -15% |
| AIDS Healthcare | MGMCD | $1,393.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $433.87 | $51.70 – $90.82 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $157.26 | $54.42 – $120.81 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $329.00 | $51.70 – $116.23 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $887.67 | $54.42 – $120.81 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $372.89 | $51.70 – $118.88 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $329.00 | $54.42 – $99.37 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $159.90 | $6.74 – $188.70 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $159.90 | $20.76 – $111.00 |