Ghs low level laser therapy 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.

$14.25 with CorVel Corporation vs $656.20 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.25
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.55
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $14.55
Aetna MCR $53.27
BCBS MCRHMO $53.27
Freedom Health MGMCR $66.39
Optimum MGMCR $66.39
AvMed HIX $100.36
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $100.36
Freedom Health MGMCD $123.52
Oscar HIX $146.68
Molina MCR $146.68
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $164.44
Simply Healthcare HIX $181.42
AvMed FullyInsured $185.28
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $196.86
AvMed Empower $200.72
AvMed Focus $200.72
AvMed Flex $200.72
AvMed Engage $200.72
AvMed Select $200.72
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $203.04
Molina HIX $208.44
AvMed ASOEO $216.16
Aetna ASA $231.60
Cigna HMO $270.97
Cigna PPO $270.97
Humana HMO $285.64
Humana PPO $308.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $339.68
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $347.40
Plotkin Health COMM $386.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $386.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $386.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $579.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $656.20
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart not published $18.91 – $22.69
HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL PLANTATION $560.00 $14.25 – $14.55
HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL LOXAHATCHEE $637.00 $14.25 – $14.55
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $14.25 – $14.55
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston not published $17.96 – $22.69
indian river hospital Vero Beach not published $17.96 – $22.69
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA not published $14.25 – $14.55
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS not published $14.25 – $14.55

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