Chest 2 vws w oblique 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.

$147.75 with Freedom Health vs $1,460.30 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 MGMCR $147.75
Optimum MGMCR $147.75
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $223.34
AvMed HIX $223.34
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Freedom Health MGMCD $274.88
Molina MCR $326.42
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $365.93
AvMed FullyInsured $412.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $438.09
AvMed Empower $446.68
AvMed Focus $446.68
AvMed Flex $446.68
AvMed Engage $446.68
AvMed Select $446.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $457.21
Molina HIX $463.86
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $466.83
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $466.83
AvMed ASOEO $481.04
Aetna ASA $515.40
Humana HMO $635.66
Humana PPO $687.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $755.92
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $773.10
Plotkin Health COMM $859.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $859.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $859.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,288.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,460.30
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $685.10 $15.19 – $459.00
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,481.51 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,506.71 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,344.82 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $678.93 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $685.10 $14.47 – $780.30
indian river hospital Vero Beach $596.70 $12.08 – $734.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $905.45 $35.25 – $783.90

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