CT guid parench tis ablat 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

$3,260.00

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.

$3,260.00

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.

$224.94 with Aetna vs $3,879.00 with AvMed — 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
Aetna MCR $224.94 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $224.94 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $280.36 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $280.36 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $423.80 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $619.40 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $694.38 ↓ -79%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $831.30 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $880.20 ↓ -73%
AvMed HIX $890.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $978.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna QHP $1,087.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna HMO $1,326.00 ↓ -59%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,434.40 ↓ -56%
Aetna PPO $1,462.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,467.00 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,630.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,630.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,630.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,445.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,771.00 ↓ -15%
AvMed Engage $3,533.00 ↑ +8%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,533.00 ↑ +8%
AvMed Flex $3,533.00 ↑ +8%
AvMed Focus $3,533.00 ↑ +8%
AvMed Empower $3,533.00 ↑ +8%
AvMed Select $3,533.00 ↑ +8%
AvMed ASOEO $3,879.00 ↑ +19%

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CT guid parench tis ablat at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $3,144.05 $50.46 – $1,620.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,202.47 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,671.09 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,961.93 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,688.86 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $2,165.00 $716.00 – $716.00
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,358.95 not published
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