Pulse ox multiple 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

$1,090.00

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.

$1,090.00

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.

$19.00 with CorVel Corporation vs $926.50 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.00 ↓ -98%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $19.40 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.40 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $75.21 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $75.21 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $93.74 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $93.74 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $141.70 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $141.70 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $174.40 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $189.66 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $207.10 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $207.10 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $212.55 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $232.17 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $256.15 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $261.60 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $265.96 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $277.95 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $283.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $283.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $283.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $283.40 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $283.40 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $286.67 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $294.30 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $305.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $327.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $382.59 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $382.59 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $403.30 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $436.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $479.60 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $490.50 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $545.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $545.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $545.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $817.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $926.50 ↓ -15%

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Pulse ox multiple at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $282.75 $3.72 – $305.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $287.07 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $696.27 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $309.14 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $763.25 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $224.71 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $733.00 $19.00 – $19.40
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $557.63 not published

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