Ghs moderate sedation ea addtl 15 min 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.

$4.97 with Aetna vs $61.20 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
Aetna MCR $4.97
BCBS MCRHMO $4.97
Optimum MGMCR $6.19
Freedom Health MGMCR $6.19
AvMed HIX $9.36
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $9.36
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.40
Freedom Health MGMCD $11.52
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.64
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $11.64
BCBS MBN $11.66
Aetna QHP $12.53
BCBS SBN $13.61
BCBS HMO $13.61
Molina MCR $13.68
Oscar HIX $13.68
Aetna HMO $14.04
BCBS PPO $14.47
BCBS NWB $14.47
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $15.34
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.92
AvMed FullyInsured $17.28
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $17.35
BCBS PHS $17.35
Aetna PPO $17.57
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $18.36
AvMed Flex $18.72
AvMed Select $18.72
AvMed Empower $18.72
AvMed Engage $18.72
AvMed Focus $18.72
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $18.94
Molina HIX $19.44
AvMed ASOEO $20.16
Aetna ASA $21.60
Cigna HMO $25.27
Cigna PPO $25.27
Humana HMO $26.64
Humana PPO $28.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $31.68
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $32.40
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $36.00
Plotkin Health COMM $36.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $36.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $54.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $61.20

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Ghs moderate sedation ea addtl 15 min at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $224.25 $9.19 – $172.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $102.63 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $182.88 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $405.80 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $260.88 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $609.22 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $224.25 $8.19 – $293.25
indian river hospital Vero Beach $224.25 $13.94 – $276.00

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