Ultrasound guide intraoperative 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

$3,391.00

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.

$3,391.00

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.

$217.02 with BCBS vs $4,069.20 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.

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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 $217.02 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $233.98 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $291.63 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $291.63 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $406.92 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $440.83 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $542.56 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $576.47 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $712.11 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $712.11 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $722.28 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $746.02 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $779.93 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $803.67 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $813.84 ↓ -76%
AvMed Focus $881.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $881.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $881.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $881.66 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $881.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $881.66 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $915.57 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $1,017.30 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,123.33 ↓ -67%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,146.98 ↓ -66%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $1,146.98 ↓ -66%
Humana PPO $1,152.94 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,525.95 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,695.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,695.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,695.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,695.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,695.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,966.78 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,543.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $2,712.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,882.35 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $4,069.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,702.61 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,492.64 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,442.78 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,176.40 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,278.84 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $945.10 $48.93 – $895.90
martin north hospital Stuart $945.10 $51.38 – $527.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $685.10 $48.93 – $843.20

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