Embolization s&i 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.

$431.18 with Aetna vs $5,311.65 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
Aetna MCR $431.18
BCBS MCRHMO $431.18
Optimum MGMCR $537.41
Freedom Health MGMCR $537.41
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $812.37
AvMed HIX $812.37
Freedom Health MGMCD $999.84
Molina MCR $1,187.31
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,331.04
AvMed FullyInsured $1,499.76
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,593.49
AvMed Empower $1,624.74
AvMed Select $1,624.74
AvMed Focus $1,624.74
AvMed Flex $1,624.74
AvMed Engage $1,624.74
Molina HIX $1,687.23
AvMed ASOEO $1,749.72
Aetna ASA $1,874.70
Humana HMO $2,312.13
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,325.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,373.98
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,373.98
Humana PPO $2,499.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,749.56
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,812.05
Plotkin Health COMM $3,124.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,124.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,124.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,686.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,311.65
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Embolization s&i at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $2,529.15 $51.60 – $1,945.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $4,204.11 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $6,974.40 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $6,567.75 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,869.75 $57.67 – $3,307.35
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,529.15 $58.01 – $3,112.80
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $6,962.15 $129.63 – $9,639.90
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $6,962.15 $129.63 – $9,639.90

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