Myelography l-s spine at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
$9,947.00
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.
$9,947.00
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.
$855.44 with Freedom Health vs $8,454.95 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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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $855.44 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $855.44 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $1,293.11 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | HIX | $1,293.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $1,591.52 | ↓ -84% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $1,889.93 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $2,118.71 | ↓ -79% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,174.46 | ↓ -78% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,220.24 | ↓ -78% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,220.24 | ↓ -78% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $2,387.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $2,536.49 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $2,586.22 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $2,586.22 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $2,586.22 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $2,586.22 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $2,586.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $2,685.69 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $2,785.16 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,984.10 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | HMO | $3,680.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | PPO | $3,978.80 | ↓ -60% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $4,376.68 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $4,476.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $4,973.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $4,973.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $4,973.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $7,460.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $8,454.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $4,644.90 | $30.76 – $3,407.00 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $5,062.69 | $777.70 – $1,366.30 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $2,525.25 | $777.70 – $1,748.52 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $4,974.35 | $797.83 – $1,817.36 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $4,644.90 | $34.38 – $5,791.90 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $4,644.90 | $30.91 – $5,451.20 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $2,450.50 | $173.17 – $3,393.00 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $2,450.50 | $353.09 – $3,393.00 |