Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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.

$1,506.34 with BCBS vs $18,556.35 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
BCBS MCRHMO $1,506.34
Aetna MCR $1,506.34
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,877.47
Optimum MGMCR $1,877.47
United AllPayerAppendix $2,364.78
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2,838.03
AvMed HIX $2,838.03
Freedom Health MGMCD $3,492.96
BCBS MBN $3,536.62
BCBS SBN $4,126.06
BCBS HMO $4,126.06
Oscar HIX $4,147.89
Molina MCR $4,147.89
BCBS PPO $4,388.03
BCBS NWB $4,388.03
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $4,650.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $5,130.28
AvMed FullyInsured $5,239.44
BCBS PHS $5,261.27
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $5,261.27
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5,566.90
AvMed Engage $5,676.06
AvMed Empower $5,676.06
AvMed Flex $5,676.06
AvMed Focus $5,676.06
AvMed Select $5,676.06
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $5,741.55
Molina HIX $5,894.37
AvMed ASOEO $6,112.68
Aetna ASA $6,549.30
Cigna PPO $7,662.68
Cigna HMO $7,662.68
Humana HMO $8,077.47
Humana PPO $8,732.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $9,605.64
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $9,823.95
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $10,915.50
Plotkin Health COMM $10,915.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $10,915.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $16,373.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $18,556.35
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $921.31 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,364.15 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,904.81 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,930.72 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,676.13 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $4,672.20 not published
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $6,817.20 $1,097.04 – $2,501.88
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $1,547.28 $1,483.70 – $3,781.38

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