Oral busulfan at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
$70.00
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.
$70.00
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.
$6.02 with Optimum vs $59.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | MGMCR | $6.02 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $6.02 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $9.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $11.20 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MBN | $11.34 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | SBN | $13.23 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | HMO | $13.23 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | PPO | $14.07 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | NWB | $14.07 | ↓ -80% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $16.70 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BSLNON-PAR | $16.87 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | PHS | $16.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | ASA | $21.00 | ↓ -70% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $30.80 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $31.50 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $35.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $35.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $35.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $52.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $59.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Oral busulfan at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $468.56 | $10.12 – $540.65 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $468.56 | $10.12 – $612.73 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $468.56 | $10.12 – $576.69 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $176.80 | $10.12 – $244.80 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $176.80 | $10.12 – $244.80 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $81.12 | $5.75 – $12.47 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $176.80 | $10.12 – $244.80 |
| Baptist Health Hospital Doral | SOUTH MIAMI | $176.80 | $10.12 – $244.80 |