Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
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Cash price 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 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.
$1,015.46 with CorVel Corporation vs $27,973.00 with AvMed — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $1,015.46 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $1,036.83 | — |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $1,036.83 | — |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $1,495.00 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $1,950.00 | — |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $2,050.00 | — |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $2,160.00 | — |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $2,350.00 | — |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $2,350.00 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $2,518.00 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $2,702.00 | — |
| BCBS | MBN | $3,158.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,587.00 | — |
| BCBS | SBN | $3,727.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $3,727.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,791.00 | — |
| BCBS | NWB | $3,791.00 | — |
| BCBS | PHS | $5,559.00 | — |
| BCBS | BSLNON-PAR | $5,559.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $8,400.00 | — |
| AvMed | HIX | $10,188.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusinessNBN | $11,166.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $15,153.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $15,153.00 | — |
| AvMed | Engage | $25,224.00 | — |
| AvMed | Empower | $25,224.00 | — |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $25,224.00 | — |
| AvMed | Select | $25,224.00 | — |
| AvMed | Focus | $25,224.00 | — |
| AvMed | Flex | $25,224.00 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $27,973.00 | — |
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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| martin north hospital | Stuart | $1,103.70 | $38.71 – $849.00 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $812.46 | $304.52 – $534.99 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $1,501.53 | $320.54 – $711.61 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $659.38 | $304.52 – $684.65 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,313.21 | $320.54 – $711.61 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $905.98 | $304.52 – $700.23 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $1,230.98 | $320.54 – $585.31 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,103.70 | $28.34 – $1,443.30 |