Ghs strapping shoulder - 29240 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

$609.00

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.

$609.00

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.

$52.37 with Freedom Health vs $8,400.00 with United — 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $52.37 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $52.37 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $79.17 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $97.44 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $105.97 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $115.71 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $118.75 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $129.72 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $143.12 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $148.60 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $155.29 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $160.17 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $164.43 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $182.70 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $213.76 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $213.76 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $225.33 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $243.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $267.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $274.05 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $304.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $304.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $304.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $456.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $517.65 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $856.38 ↑ +41%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $874.41 ↑ +44%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $874.41 ↑ +44%
Molina MCR $1,950.00 ↑ +220%
BCBS MBN $2,365.00 ↑ +288%
BCBS HMO $2,795.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS SBN $2,795.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS PPO $2,847.00 ↑ +367%
BCBS NWB $2,847.00 ↑ +367%
BCBS PHS $3,403.00 ↑ +459%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $3,403.00 ↑ +459%
AvMed HIX $4,281.00 ↑ +603%
United AllPayerAppendix $8,400.00 ↑ +1279%
AvMed FullyInsured not published by hospital
AvMed Engage not published by hospital
AvMed Flex not published by hospital
AvMed ASOEO not published by hospital
AvMed Select not published by hospital
AvMed Empower not published by hospital
AvMed Focus not published by hospital

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