Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) 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.

$245.18 with United vs $5,342.25 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
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Freedom Health MGMCR $540.51
Optimum MGMCR $540.51
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $817.05
AvMed HIX $817.05
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,005.60
Molina MCR $1,194.15
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,338.70
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,424.63
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $1,454.62
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,454.62
AvMed FullyInsured $1,508.40
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,602.67
AvMed Empower $1,634.10
AvMed Focus $1,634.10
AvMed Flex $1,634.10
AvMed Engage $1,634.10
AvMed Select $1,634.10
Molina HIX $1,696.95
AvMed ASOEO $1,759.80
Aetna ASA $1,885.50
Humana HMO $2,325.45
Humana PPO $2,514.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,765.40
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,828.25
Plotkin Health COMM $3,142.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,142.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,142.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,713.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,342.25
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $828.10 $30.00 – $459.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,742.43 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,511.87 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,404.33 $103.72 – $321.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,248.15 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,957.99 $103.72 – $308.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,309.32 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $828.10 $33.52 – $780.30

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