Lymph vessel x-ray trunk 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

$202.00

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.

$202.00

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.

$17.37 with Optimum vs $6,438.74 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
Optimum MGMCR $17.37 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $17.37 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $26.26 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $26.26 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $32.32 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $38.38 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $43.03 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $48.48 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $51.51 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $52.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $52.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $52.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $52.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $52.52 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $54.54 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $56.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $60.60 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $74.74 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $80.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $88.88 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $90.90 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $101.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $101.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $101.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $151.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $171.70 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,325.03 ↑ +1051%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,373.98 ↑ +1075%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,373.98 ↑ +1075%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↑ +3087%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $210.60 $31.14 – $3,627.02
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $11,980.00 $2,231.43 – $6,438.74
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $17,856.80 $34.81 – $23,075.80
indian river hospital Vero Beach $210.60 $30.94 – $3,627.02
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,634.45 $173.17 – $3,692.97
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $2,634.45 $371.00 – $3,647.70
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $3,199.95 $468.00 – $3,367.59
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $2,634.45 $693.65 – $3,692.97

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