Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$4,607.00

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.

$4,607.00

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.

$396.20 with Optimum vs $3,915.95 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.

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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 $396.20 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $396.20 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $598.91 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $598.91 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $737.12 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $875.33 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $981.29 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,105.68 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,174.79 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,197.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1,197.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1,197.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $1,197.82 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $1,197.82 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,243.89 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $1,289.96 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,382.10 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $1,704.59 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $1,842.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,027.08 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,073.15 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,110.94 ↓ -54%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,155.38 ↓ -53%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,155.38 ↓ -53%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,303.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,303.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,303.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,455.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,915.95 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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martin north hospital Stuart $2,252.90 $56.18 – $1,733.00
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