Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg 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

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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.

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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.

$2.47 with Humana vs $1,504.50 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.

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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
Humana TRICR $2.47
United AllPayerAppendix $13.08
Aetna MCR $122.13
BCBS MCRHMO $122.13
Freedom Health MGMCR $152.22
Optimum MGMCR $152.22
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $230.10
Freedom Health MGMCD $283.20
BCBS MBN $286.74
BCBS HMO $334.53
BCBS SBN $334.53
BCBS NWB $355.77
BCBS PPO $355.77
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $426.57
BCBS PHS $426.57
Aetna ASA $531.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $778.80
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $796.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $885.00
Plotkin Health COMM $885.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $885.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,327.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,504.50

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Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart not published $3.32 – $3.32
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $10,941.45 $345.14 – $1,795.50
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $10,941.45 $562.59 – $1,995.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $7,016.75 $175.53 – $822.78
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $10,941.45 $349.13 – $1,795.50
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $10,941.45 $347.13 – $1,795.50
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $10,941.45 $333.17 – $1,795.50
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD $10,941.45 $339.15 – $1,795.50

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