X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral 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.

$245.18 with United vs $3,940.80 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
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Freedom Health MGMCR $282.42
Optimum MGMCR $282.42
AvMed HIX $394.08
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $426.92
Freedom Health MGMCD $525.44
Molina MCR $558.28
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $633.37
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $646.71
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $646.71
AvMed FullyInsured $689.64
Humana HMO $689.64
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $699.49
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $722.48
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $755.32
United PPO OptionsPPO $778.31
AvMed ASOEO $788.16
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $853.84
AvMed Focus $853.84
AvMed Flex $853.84
AvMed Select $853.84
AvMed Empower $853.84
AvMed Engage $853.84
Molina HIX $886.68
Aetna ASA $985.20
Humana PPO $1,116.56
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,477.80
Plotkin Health COMM $1,642.00
AvMed MDCSelectOON $1,642.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,642.00
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $1,642.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,642.00
Medica HealthCare MCR $1,904.72
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,463.00
Evernorth BH COMM $2,627.20
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,791.40
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $3,940.80
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,349.88 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,483.00 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,403.25 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,447.82 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $837.46 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,816.78 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $679.90 $13.21 – $780.30
martin north hospital Stuart $679.90 $11.82 – $459.00

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