Barrier skn ft cx ff red 2.25 ctf new image w/tape 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

$47.00

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.

$47.00

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.

$7.52 with Freedom Health vs $39.95 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
Freedom Health MGMCD $7.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $8.18 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $9.16 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $11.47 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICR $12.11 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health MCR $12.48 ↓ -73%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $12.48 ↓ -73%
United GVT $12.48 ↓ -73%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $12.48 ↓ -73%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $12.48 ↓ -73%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $12.48 ↓ -73%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $12.48 ↓ -73%
Wellmed MGMCR $12.48 ↓ -73%
CarePlus MGMCR $12.48 ↓ -73%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $12.48 ↓ -73%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $12.48 ↓ -73%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $12.48 ↓ -73%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $12.73 ↓ -73%
United MCR $12.73 ↓ -73%
BCBS MCRHMO $12.73 ↓ -73%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.73 ↓ -73%
Aetna MCR $12.85 ↓ -73%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $13.10 ↓ -72%
Sunshine State MCR $13.10 ↓ -72%
American Health Plan MCR $13.23 ↓ -72%
Florida Complete Care MCR $13.35 ↓ -72%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $13.35 ↓ -72%
Sunshine State MCD $13.73 ↓ -71%
Centurion GVT $13.73 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $14.10 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $14.98 ↓ -68%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $14.98 ↓ -68%
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.10 ↓ -61%
United PPO OptionsPPO $20.68 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $21.15 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $23.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $23.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $23.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $35.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $39.95 ↓ -15%

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