Cta neck without &/or w/contrast 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.

$398.44 with Freedom Health vs $3,938.05 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $398.44
Optimum MGMCR $398.44
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $602.29
Molina MCR $880.27
AvMed HIX $890.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $986.83
Aetna QHP $1,087.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,181.41
Molina HIX $1,250.91
Aetna HMO $1,326.00
Aetna ASA $1,389.90
Aetna PPO $1,462.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,038.52
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,084.85
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,316.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,316.50
Plotkin Health COMM $2,316.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,165.41
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $3,232.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,232.05
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,474.75
AvMed Focus $3,533.00
AvMed FullyInsured $3,533.00
AvMed Flex $3,533.00
AvMed Engage $3,533.00
AvMed Empower $3,533.00
AvMed Select $3,533.00
AvMed ASOEO $3,879.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,938.05

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Cta neck without &/or w/contrast at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $997.75 $65.07 – $770.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $5,414.69 $174.01 – $512.71
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $8,757.57 $183.17 – $530.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $4,999.60 $174.01 – $697.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $13,196.26 $183.17 – $429.66
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $3,713.70 $174.01 – $669.48
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,284.48 $183.17 – $407.48
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,498.25 $72.73 – $1,304.75

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