Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$5,397.00

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.

$5,397.00

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.

$464.14 with Freedom Health vs $4,587.45 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 $464.14 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $464.14 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $701.61 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $701.61 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $863.52 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,025.43 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,149.56 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,295.28 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,376.23 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $1,403.22 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1,403.22 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1,403.22 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $1,403.22 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,403.22 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,457.19 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $1,511.16 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,619.10 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $1,996.89 ↓ -63%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,110.94 ↓ -61%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,155.38 ↓ -60%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,155.38 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $2,158.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,374.68 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,428.65 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,698.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,698.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,698.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,047.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,587.45 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $2,252.90 $29.73 – $1,733.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,314.35 $396.60 – $696.76
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,677.46 $388.60 – $926.79
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,184.56 $383.20 – $926.79
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,882.08 $400.47 – $762.31
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,460.90 $33.23 – $2,946.10
indian river hospital Vero Beach $2,252.90 $29.43 – $2,772.80
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,995.50 $173.17 – $2,763.00

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