CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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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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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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.

$280.69 with BCBS vs $3,457.80 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

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
BCBS MCRHMO $280.69
Aetna MCR $280.69
Optimum MGMCR $349.85
Freedom Health MGMCR $349.85
AvMed HIX $528.84
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $528.84
Freedom Health MGMCD $650.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $692.31
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $706.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $706.89
Molina MCR $772.92
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $866.48
AvMed FullyInsured $976.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,037.34
AvMed Flex $1,057.68
AvMed Select $1,057.68
AvMed Empower $1,057.68
AvMed Engage $1,057.68
AvMed Focus $1,057.68
Aetna QHP $1,087.00
Molina HIX $1,098.36
AvMed ASOEO $1,139.04
Aetna ASA $1,220.40
Aetna HMO $1,326.00
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
Humana HMO $1,505.16
Humana PPO $1,627.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,789.92
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,830.60
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,034.00
Plotkin Health COMM $2,034.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,034.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,051.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,457.80

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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $1,728.35 $43.34 – $1,329.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $3,622.80 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $3,150.18 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,856.98 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,650.54 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $6,638.67 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,037.75 $48.43 – $2,260.15
indian river hospital Vero Beach $1,728.35 $44.16 – $2,127.20

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