Artery x-rays spine 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

$30,968.00

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.

$30,968.00

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.

$2,325.03 with CorVel Corporation vs $26,322.80 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,325.03 ↓ -92%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,373.98 ↓ -92%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,373.98 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $2,663.25 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $2,663.25 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $4,025.84 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $4,025.84 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $4,954.88 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $5,883.92 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $6,596.18 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $7,432.32 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $7,896.84 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $8,051.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $8,051.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $8,051.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $8,051.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $8,051.68 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $8,361.36 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $8,671.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $9,290.40 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $10,733.33 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $11,458.16 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $12,387.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $13,625.92 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $13,935.60 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $15,484.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $15,484.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $15,484.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $23,226.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $26,322.80 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays spine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $30,305.60 $80.46 – $23,312.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $11,524.16 $5,520.33 – $9,698.35
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $6,440.61 $5,520.33 – $12,411.45
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $20,013.00 $2,231.43 – $10,733.33
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $21,237.15 $5,810.88 – $10,610.66
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $30,872.40 $89.93 – $39,630.40
indian river hospital Vero Beach $30,305.60 $93.13 – $37,299.20
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $8,130.20 $173.17 – $11,257.20

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