Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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

$1,050.00

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.

$1,050.00

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.

$90.30 with Optimum vs $1,185.97 with Prime Health — 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 $90.30 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $90.30 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $136.50 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $136.50 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $168.00 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $199.50 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $223.65 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $252.00 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $267.75 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $273.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $273.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $273.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $273.00 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $273.00 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $283.50 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $294.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $315.00 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $388.50 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $420.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $462.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $472.50 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $525.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $525.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $525.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $787.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $892.50 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,161.52 ↑ +11%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $1,185.97 ↑ +13%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,185.97 ↑ +13%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $869.70 $39.28 – $459.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,012.36 $103.72 – $236.32
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,791.80 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,649.86 $109.17 – $199.35
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Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $1,025.05 $63.37 – $1,419.30

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