Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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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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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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.

$37.05 with CorVel Corporation vs $759.90 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

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

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 $37.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $37.83
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $37.83
Optimum MGMCR $76.88
Freedom Health MGMCR $76.88
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $116.22
AvMed HIX $116.22
Freedom Health MGMCD $143.04
Aetna QHP $155.56
Oscar HIX $169.86
Molina MCR $169.86
Aetna HMO $174.33
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $190.42
Simply Healthcare HIX $210.09
AvMed FullyInsured $214.56
Aetna PPO $218.14
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $227.97
AvMed Engage $232.44
AvMed Focus $232.44
AvMed Select $232.44
AvMed Empower $232.44
AvMed Flex $232.44
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $235.12
Molina HIX $241.38
AvMed ASOEO $250.32
Aetna ASA $268.20
Cigna PPO $313.79
Cigna HMO $313.79
Humana HMO $330.78
Humana PPO $357.60
United AllPayerAppendix $358.56
United PPO OptionsPPO $393.36
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $402.30
Plotkin Health COMM $447.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $447.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $447.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $670.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $759.90

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $1,181.70 $23.75 – $909.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $965.64 $211.02 – $370.72
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,987.82 $222.12 – $493.11
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $976.31 $211.02 – $474.43
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $782.35 $222.12 – $493.11
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $653.73 $211.02 – $485.22
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,092.24 $222.12 – $405.59
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $254.15 $23.75 – $332.35

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