Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber 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.

$518.23 with CorVel Corporation vs $86,000.00 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $518.23
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $529.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $529.14
Freedom Health MGMCR $2,350.00
Optimum MGMCR $2,350.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $3,792.00
Molina MCR $3,950.00
Freedom Health MGMCD $3,950.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $4,200.00
Molina HIX $5,211.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6,625.00
AvMed HIX $18,863.00
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $20,100.00
BCBS MBN $21,742.00
BCBS PPO $23,689.00
BCBS NWB $23,689.00
BCBS SBN $23,866.00
BCBS HMO $23,866.00
BCBS PHS $24,677.00
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $24,677.00
Cigna HMO $27,002.00
Cigna PPO $27,002.00
Humana HMO $33,333.00
Humana PPO $38,887.00
AvMed Engage $40,980.00
AvMed FullyInsured $40,980.00
AvMed Select $40,980.00
AvMed Focus $40,980.00
AvMed Flex $40,980.00
AvMed Empower $40,980.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $42,205.00
Oscar HIX $42,516.00
AvMed ASOEO $45,016.00
Aetna QHP $49,158.00
Aetna HMO $60,024.00
Aetna PPO $60,389.00
United AllPayerAppendix $86,000.00

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Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $45,535.75 $687.33 – $36,056.60
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $103,893.83 $31,139.80 – $54,707.70
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $31,506.32 $32,778.73 – $72,768.78
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $64,720.14 $31,139.80 – $71,605.14
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $29,931.00 $32,778.73 – $59,853.96
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $45,535.75 $687.33 – $59,546.75
indian river hospital Vero Beach $45,535.75 $687.33 – $56,044.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $29,779.75 $173.17 – $41,233.50

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