Special physics consult at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
$5,481.00
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.
$5,481.00
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.
$471.37 with Freedom Health vs $6,000.00 with Molina — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $471.37 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $471.37 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $712.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $876.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,041.39 | ↓ -81% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $1,288.04 | ↓ -76% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $1,315.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $1,397.65 | ↓ -75% |
| AvMed | Select | $1,425.06 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $1,425.06 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $1,425.06 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $1,425.06 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $1,425.06 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusinessNBN | $1,441.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $1,479.87 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $1,534.68 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,644.30 | ↓ -70% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $1,753.78 | ↓ -68% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $1,790.70 | ↓ -67% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $1,790.70 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,923.83 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,923.83 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,027.97 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,192.40 | ↓ -60% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $2,411.64 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $2,466.45 | ↓ -55% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $2,740.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $2,740.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $2,740.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $4,110.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $4,658.85 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | MCR | $6,000.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Special physics consult at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $1,479.40 | $74.96 – $1,131.00 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $1,300.75 | $133.34 – $234.26 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $1,345.49 | not published |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,661.78 | not published |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $1,440.15 | $133.34 – $306.62 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $564.29 | not published |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $1,479.40 | $71.21 – $2,276.00 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $744.25 | $71.21 – $1,131.00 |