Contrast x-ray of wrist 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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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.

$447.20 with CorVel Corporation vs $4,595.10 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $447.20
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $456.62
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $456.62
Freedom Health MGMCR $464.92
Optimum MGMCR $464.92
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $702.78
AvMed HIX $702.78
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Freedom Health MGMCD $864.96
Molina MCR $1,027.14
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,151.48
AvMed FullyInsured $1,297.44
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,378.53
AvMed Empower $1,405.56
AvMed Focus $1,405.56
AvMed Flex $1,405.56
AvMed Engage $1,405.56
AvMed Select $1,405.56
Molina HIX $1,459.62
AvMed ASOEO $1,513.68
Aetna ASA $1,621.80
Humana HMO $2,000.22
Humana PPO $2,162.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,378.64
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,432.70
Plotkin Health COMM $2,703.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,703.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,703.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,054.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,595.10
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of wrist at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $2,002.00 $21.36 – $1,540.00
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $818.76 $346.11 – $810.28
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $3,425.21 $364.32 – $808.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,430.50 $346.11 – $795.86
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,638.34 $364.32 – $665.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,142.40 $23.88 – $2,618.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $140.40 $21.70 – $400.75
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $941.20 $73.69 – $1,303.20

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