Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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.

$109.54 with CorVel Corporation vs $3,051.43 with Simply 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $109.54
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $111.85
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $111.85
Devoted Health MCR $1,350.19
United Behavioral Health VACCN $1,350.19
United AllPayerAppendix $1,350.19
United GVT $1,350.19
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $1,350.19
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $1,350.19
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $1,350.19
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $1,350.19
Wellmed MGMCR $1,350.19
CarePlus MGMCR $1,350.19
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $1,350.19
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $1,350.19
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $1,350.19
United MCR $1,377.19
BCBS MCRHMO $1,377.19
BCBS MCRPPO $1,377.19
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $1,377.19
Aetna MCR $1,390.70
Sunshine State MCR $1,417.70
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $1,417.70
American Health Plan MCR $1,431.20
Florida Complete Care MCR $1,444.70
Cigna Healthspring MCR $1,444.70
Centurion GVT $1,485.21
Sunshine State MCD $1,485.21
Longevity Health Plan MCR $1,620.23
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $1,620.23
Solis Health Plan MCR $1,957.78
Oscar HIX $2,605.87
Simply Healthcare HIX $3,051.43
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart not published $1,168.25 – $1,989.36
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $2,808.65 $181.00 – $2,821.61
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $1,282.68 – $2,253.47
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $1,350.19 – $2,997.42
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast not published $1,282.68 – $2,883.87
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $1,350.19 – $2,997.42
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach not published $1,282.68 – $2,949.49
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $105.14 – $1,957.78

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