I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$175.00

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.

$175.00

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.

$15.05 with Optimum vs $148.75 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
Optimum MGMCR $15.05 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $15.05 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $22.75 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $22.75 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $28.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS MBN $28.35 ↓ -84%
BCBS SBN $33.07 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $33.07 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $33.25 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $33.25 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $35.18 ↓ -80%
BCBS NWB $35.18 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $37.27 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $39.72 ↓ -77%
Simply Healthcare HIX $41.13 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $42.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $42.17 ↓ -76%
BCBS PHS $42.17 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $44.63 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $45.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $45.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $45.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $45.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $45.50 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $46.02 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $47.25 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $49.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $52.50 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $61.42 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $61.42 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $64.75 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $70.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $77.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $78.75 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $87.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $87.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $87.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $131.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $148.75 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $128.70 $23.13 – $581.52
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $128.70 $23.13 – $484.60
indian river hospital Vero Beach $128.70 $23.13 – $484.60
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $358.80 $9.63 – $496.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $358.80 $9.63 – $496.80
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $90.35 $9.63 – $90.77
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $358.80 $9.96 – $496.80
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $358.80 $9.96 – $496.80

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