Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$619.00

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.

$619.00

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.

$53.23 with Optimum vs $526.15 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
Optimum MGMCR $53.23 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $53.23 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $80.47 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $80.47 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $99.04 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $117.61 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $131.85 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $148.56 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $157.84 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $160.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $160.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $160.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $160.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $160.94 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $167.13 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $173.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $185.70 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $219.10 ↓ -65%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $223.71 ↓ -64%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $223.71 ↓ -64%
Humana HMO $229.03 ↓ -63%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $247.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $272.36 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $278.55 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $309.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $309.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $309.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $464.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $526.15 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $85.80 $14.52 – $132.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $501.44 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $540.00 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $427.91 $109.17 – $242.37
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $749.00 $210.27 – $245.18
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $870.37 $109.17 – $199.35
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