Hip and Pelvis X-ray (2 views, both hips) at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL

2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$185.25 with United vs $3,510.50 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
United AllPayerAppendix $185.25 —
Freedom Health MGMCR $355.18 —
Optimum MGMCR $355.18 —
AvMed HIX $495.60 —
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $536.90 —
Freedom Health MGMCD $660.80 —
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $734.33 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $749.79 —
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $749.79 —
Molina MCR $784.70 —
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $879.69 —
AvMed Empower $1,032.50 —
AvMed Focus $1,032.50 —
AvMed Flex $1,032.50 —
AvMed Engage $1,032.50 —
AvMed FullyInsured $1,032.50 —
AvMed Select $1,032.50 —
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,053.15 —
Molina HIX $1,115.10 —
Aetna ASA $1,239.00 —
AvMed ASOEO $1,239.00 —
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,767.64 —
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $1,817.20 —
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,858.50 —
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,065.00 —
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,065.00 —
Plotkin Health COMM $2,065.00 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,097.50 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,510.50 —

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Hip and Pelvis X-ray (2 views, both hips) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $653.90 $11.06 – $459.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,118.41 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,335.85 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,162.73 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,269.31 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $369.87 $103.72 – $238.49
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $653.90 $10.59 – $780.30
indian river hospital Vero Beach $596.70 $8.45 – $734.40

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