Lung function test (mbc/mvv) 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

$1,453.00

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.

$1,453.00

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.

$19.00 with CorVel Corporation vs $1,235.05 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.00 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.40 ↓ -99%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $19.40 ↓ -99%
Freedom Health MGMCR $124.96 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $124.96 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $188.89 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $188.89 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $232.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $252.82 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $276.07 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $276.07 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $283.33 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $309.49 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $341.45 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $348.72 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $354.53 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $370.51 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $377.78 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $377.78 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $377.78 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $377.78 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $377.78 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $382.14 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $392.31 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $406.84 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $435.90 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $510.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $510.00 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $537.61 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $581.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $639.32 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $653.85 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $726.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $726.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $726.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,089.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,235.05 ↓ -15%

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Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $221.65 $11.49 – $170.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $190.11 $58.52 – $102.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $513.99 $61.60 – $136.76
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $218.61 $58.52 – $131.58
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $670.29 $61.60 – $136.76
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $298.60 $58.52 – $134.57
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $745.00 $18.05 – $18.43
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $248.20 $61.60 – $112.49

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