Nerve teasing preparations 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

$295.00

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.

$295.00

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.

$25.37 with Optimum vs $656.15 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 $25.37 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $25.37 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $38.35 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $38.35 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $47.20 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $56.05 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $56.05 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $62.84 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $69.33 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $70.80 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $75.22 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $76.70 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $76.70 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $76.70 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $76.70 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $76.70 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $79.65 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $82.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $88.50 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $109.15 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $118.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $129.80 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $132.75 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $147.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $147.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $147.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $221.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $250.75 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $286.13 ↓ -3%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $292.15 ↓ -1%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $292.15 ↓ -1%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↑ +122%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Nerve teasing preparations at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $506.35 $99.69 – $925.49
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,324.35 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,213.67 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,174.00 $274.61 – $656.15
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $607.10 $65.04 – $925.49
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $981.50 $181.00 – $986.03
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $288.85 $278.77 – $656.15
HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL DORAL $703.00 $299.41 – $656.15

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