Urine Culture Test 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.

$4.90 with Optimum vs $190.28 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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
Optimum MGMCR $4.90
Freedom Health MGMCR $4.90
AvMed HIX $6.84
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $7.41
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.99
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.99
Humana TRICR $8.03
Wellmed MGMCR $8.07
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.07
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07
United GVT $8.07
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $8.07
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $8.07
Leon Health MCR $8.07
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.07
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.07
Devoted Health MCR $8.07
BCBS MCRPPO $8.23
United MCR $8.23
BCBS MCRHMO $8.23
Aetna MCR $8.31
Oscar MCR $8.47
Sunshine State MCR $8.47
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.47
American Health Plan MCR $8.55
Align MCR $8.63
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.63
AvMed MCR $8.72
Centurion GVT $8.88
Sunshine State MCD $8.88
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $8.88
Gold Kidney MCR $9.04
Freedom Health MGMCD $9.12
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.68
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.68
Molina MCR $9.69
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.25
Oscar HIX $11.38
Solis Health Plan MCR $11.70
AvMed FullyInsured $11.97
Humana HMO $11.97
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $12.11
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $12.14
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $12.54
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $13.11
United PPO OptionsPPO $13.51
AvMed ASOEO $13.68
AvMed Flex $14.82
AvMed Focus $14.82
AvMed Engage $14.82
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $14.82
AvMed Select $14.82
AvMed Empower $14.82
Molina HIX $15.39
Aetna ASA $17.10
Humana PPO $19.38
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $25.65
AvMed MDCSelectOON $28.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $28.50
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $28.50
Plotkin Health COMM $28.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $28.50
Medica HealthCare MCR $33.06
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $42.75
Evernorth BH COMM $45.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $48.45
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $68.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $186.35
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $190.28
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $190.28
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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