Chest CT scan (with contrast) at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
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Cash price 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 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.
$401.74 with United vs $11,772.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| AvMed | HIX | $890.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHP | $1,087.00 | — |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1,191.10 | — |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $1,191.10 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,326.00 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,462.00 | — |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $1,800.50 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,496.11 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,548.66 | — |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,548.66 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $2,631.50 | — |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $2,950.05 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $3,531.75 | — |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $3,533.00 | — |
| AvMed | Engage | $3,533.00 | — |
| AvMed | Flex | $3,533.00 | — |
| AvMed | Focus | $3,533.00 | — |
| AvMed | Select | $3,533.00 | — |
| AvMed | Empower | $3,533.00 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $3,739.50 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $3,879.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,155.00 | — |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $6,094.00 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $6,232.50 | — |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $6,925.00 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $6,925.00 | — |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $6,925.00 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $10,387.50 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $11,772.50 | — |
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Chest CT scan (with contrast) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $1,246.70 | $46.14 – $767.50 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $5,278.40 | $174.01 – $437.27 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $10,500.28 | $183.17 – $530.75 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $4,583.87 | $174.01 – $631.85 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $7,880.57 | $183.17 – $429.66 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $3,970.98 | $174.01 – $570.98 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $9,908.15 | $183.17 – $347.52 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,329.25 | $51.56 – $1,304.75 |