Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$314.00

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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.

$314.00

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.

$27.00 with Freedom Health vs $266.90 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 $27.00 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $27.00 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.55 ↓ -91%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $28.13 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $28.13 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $40.82 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $40.82 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $50.24 ↓ -84%
BCBS MBN $50.87 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $54.64 ↓ -83%
BCBS SBN $59.35 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $59.35 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $59.66 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $59.66 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $61.23 ↓ -81%
BCBS NWB $63.11 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $63.11 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $66.88 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $73.79 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $75.36 ↓ -76%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $75.67 ↓ -76%
BCBS PHS $75.67 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $76.62 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $80.07 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $81.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $81.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $81.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $81.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $81.64 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $82.58 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $84.78 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $87.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $94.20 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $110.21 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $110.21 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $116.18 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $125.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $138.16 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $141.30 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $157.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $157.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $157.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $235.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $266.90 ↓ -15%

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $481.65 $18.37 – $370.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $430.94 $131.99 – $231.89
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $333.94 $138.94 – $308.45
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $424.40 $131.99 – $296.76
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $389.59 $138.94 – $308.45
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $247.62 $131.99 – $303.51
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $250.00 $25.65 – $26.19
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $540.40 $138.94 – $253.70

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