Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without 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

$10,799.00

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.

$10,799.00

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.

$928.71 with Freedom Health vs $9,179.15 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $928.71 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $928.71 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,403.87 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $1,403.87 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,727.84 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $2,051.81 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,110.94 ↓ -80%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,155.38 ↓ -80%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,155.38 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2,300.19 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $2,591.76 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,753.74 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $2,807.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2,807.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2,807.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2,807.74 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2,807.74 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2,915.73 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $3,023.72 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $3,239.70 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $3,995.63 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $4,319.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $4,751.56 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,859.55 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $5,399.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $5,399.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $5,399.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $8,099.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $9,179.15 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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martin north hospital Stuart $3,017.95 $34.56 – $2,321.50
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