3d recon without postprocess indpndt at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL

2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696

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.

$345.69 with Aetna vs $4,258.50 with Multiplan — 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
Aetna MCR $345.69
BCBS MCRHMO $345.69
Freedom Health MGMCR $430.86
Optimum MGMCR $430.86
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $499.22
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $509.74
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $509.74
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $651.30
AvMed HIX $890.00
Molina MCR $951.90
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,067.13
Aetna QHP $1,087.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,277.55
Aetna HMO $1,326.00
Molina HIX $1,352.70
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
Aetna ASA $1,503.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,204.40
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,254.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,505.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,505.00
Plotkin Health COMM $2,505.00
AvMed Focus $3,533.00
AvMed FullyInsured $3,533.00
AvMed Select $3,533.00
AvMed Empower $3,533.00
AvMed Engage $3,533.00
AvMed Flex $3,533.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,757.50
AvMed ASOEO $3,879.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,258.50

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3d recon without postprocess indpndt at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $517.40 $7.50 – $354.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $483.53 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $686.09 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $830.55 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $517.40 $8.38 – $601.80
indian river hospital Vero Beach $460.20 $7.43 – $566.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $185.90 $47.06 – $244.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $176.80 $54.67 – $272.00

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