Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$614.00

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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.

$614.00

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.

$52.80 with Freedom Health vs $736.80 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 $52.80 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $52.80 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $58.90 ↓ -90%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $60.14 ↓ -90%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $60.14 ↓ -90%
BCBS MBN $63.24 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $73.68 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $79.82 ↓ -87%
BCBS SBN $80.43 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $80.43 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHP $82.28 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $82.89 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $98.24 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $98.24 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO $103.77 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $104.38 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $104.38 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $105.61 ↓ -83%
BCBS NWB $105.61 ↓ -83%
Aetna PPO $119.73 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $128.94 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $128.94 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $128.94 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $128.94 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $130.78 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $135.08 ↓ -78%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $141.22 ↓ -77%
BCBS PHS $141.22 ↓ -77%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $141.22 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $145.52 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $147.36 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $159.64 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $159.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $159.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $159.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $159.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $159.64 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $165.78 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $184.20 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $208.76 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $276.30 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $307.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $307.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $307.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $307.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $307.00 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $356.12 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $460.50 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $491.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $521.90 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $736.80 ↑ +20%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.76 $131.99 – $231.89
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $904.43 $138.94 – $308.45
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