Contrast baths charges 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.

$13.07 with Optimum vs $129.20 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
Optimum MGMCR $13.07
Freedom Health MGMCR $13.07
Humana TRICR $13.42
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $14.39
CarePlus MGMCR $14.39
Wellmed MGMCR $14.39
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.39
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.39
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.39
Devoted Health MCR $14.39
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.39
United GVT $14.39
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.39
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $14.39
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $14.39
BCBS MCRPPO $14.68
United MCR $14.68
BCBS MCRHMO $14.68
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.68
Aetna MCR $14.82
Sunshine State MCR $15.11
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.11
American Health Plan MCR $15.25
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.40
Cigna Healthspring MCR $15.40
Sunshine State MCD $15.83
Centurion GVT $15.83
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.15
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $16.49
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.49
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.27
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.27
AvMed HIX $19.76
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $19.76
Solis Health Plan MCR $20.87
Freedom Health MGMCD $24.32
Molina MCR $28.88
Oscar HIX $28.88
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $32.38
Simply Healthcare HIX $35.72
AvMed FullyInsured $36.48
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $38.76
AvMed Select $39.52
AvMed Flex $39.52
AvMed Focus $39.52
AvMed Empower $39.52
AvMed Engage $39.52
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $39.98
Molina HIX $41.04
AvMed ASOEO $42.56
Aetna ASA $45.60
Cigna PPO $53.35
Cigna HMO $53.35
Humana HMO $56.24
Humana PPO $60.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $66.88
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $68.40
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $76.00
Plotkin Health COMM $76.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $76.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $114.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $129.20
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Contrast baths charges at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $102.70 $17.37 – $118.50
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $117.84 $14.81 – $32.88
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $102.70 $9.69 – $134.30
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $98.15 $14.81 – $173.17
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $98.15 $14.39 – $135.90
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $98.15 $14.81 – $135.90
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $98.15 $14.81 – $135.90
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $98.15 $17.22 – $135.90

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