Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt 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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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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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.

$29.45 with CorVel Corporation vs $8,400.00 with United — 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.45
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $30.07
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $30.07
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $49.76
CarePlus MGMCR $49.76
Wellmed MGMCR $49.76
United Behavioral Health VACCN $49.76
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $49.76
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $49.76
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $49.76
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $49.76
Devoted Health MCR $49.76
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $49.76
United GVT $49.76
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $49.76
BCBS MCRPPO $50.76
United MCR $50.76
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $50.76
BCBS MCRHMO $50.76
Aetna MCR $51.25
Sunshine State MCR $52.25
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $52.25
American Health Plan MCR $52.75
Florida Complete Care MCR $53.24
Cigna Healthspring MCR $53.24
Sunshine State MCD $54.74
Centurion GVT $54.74
Optimum MGMCR $57.28
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $59.71
Longevity Health Plan MCR $59.71
Solis Health Plan MCR $72.15
Freedom Health MGMCR $81.27
BCBS MBN $107.89
Aetna QHP $115.88
AvMed HIX $122.85
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $122.85
BCBS HMO $125.87
BCBS SBN $125.87
Oscar HIX $126.54
Aetna HMO $129.87
BCBS PPO $133.87
BCBS NWB $133.87
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $141.86
Freedom Health MGMCD $151.20
Simply Healthcare HIX $156.51
BCBS PHS $160.51
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $160.51
Aetna PPO $162.50
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $169.83
Molina MCR $179.55
Molina HIX $179.82
Aetna ASA $199.80
AvMed FullyInsured $226.80
AvMed Focus $245.70
AvMed Select $245.70
AvMed Empower $245.70
AvMed Engage $245.70
AvMed Flex $245.70
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $248.53
AvMed ASOEO $264.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $293.04
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $299.70
Cigna PPO $331.69
Cigna HMO $331.69
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $333.00
Plotkin Health COMM $333.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $333.00
Humana HMO $349.65
Humana PPO $378.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $499.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $566.10
United AllPayerAppendix $8,400.00

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Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $606.45 $8.76 – $678.07
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $634.59 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $479.13 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $262.25 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $726.56 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $354.00 $28.50 – $56.98
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,039.24 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $606.45 $9.79 – $793.05

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