Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
$18.00
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.
$18.00
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.
$1.24 with BCBS vs $15.30 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.
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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| BCBS | MCRHMO | $1.24 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | MCR | $1.24 | ↓ -93% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $1.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $1.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $2.34 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $2.88 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MBN | $2.92 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | SBN | $3.40 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | HMO | $3.40 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | NWB | $3.62 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | PPO | $3.62 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | PHS | $4.34 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BSLNON-PAR | $4.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | ASA | $5.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | TRICR | $6.44 | ↓ -64% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $7.92 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $8.10 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $9.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $9.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $9.00 | ↓ -50% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $11.17 | ↓ -38% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $13.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $15.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $39.68 | not published |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $215.68 | not published |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $27.06 | not published |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $88.09 | not published |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $48.52 | not published |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $383.90 | not published |
| HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL | TAMPA | $20.58 | $6.44 – $14.56 |
| HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL | LEHIGH ACRES | $19.50 | $6.44 – $14.56 |