Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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.

$202.69 with BCBS vs $3,800.40 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.

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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
BCBS MCRHMO $202.69
Aetna MCR $218.52
Optimum MGMCR $272.36
Freedom Health MGMCR $272.36
AvMed HIX $380.04
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $411.71
Freedom Health MGMCD $506.72
Molina MCR $538.39
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $664.78
Humana HMO $665.07
AvMed FullyInsured $665.07
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $674.57
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $678.78
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $678.78
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $696.74
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $728.41
United PPO OptionsPPO $750.58
AvMed ASOEO $760.08
AvMed Empower $823.42
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $823.42
AvMed Select $823.42
AvMed Engage $823.42
AvMed Flex $823.42
AvMed Focus $823.42
Molina HIX $855.09
Aetna ASA $950.10
Humana PPO $1,076.78
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,425.15
Plotkin Health COMM $1,583.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,583.50
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,583.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,583.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,583.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,836.86
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,375.25
Evernorth BH COMM $2,533.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,691.95
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,800.40
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $891.66 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $756.61 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $876.27 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,918.06 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $642.56 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,021.52 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $302.25 $12.93 – $283.05
martin north hospital Stuart $216.45 $11.57 – $166.50

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