Special radiation dosimetry 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

$1,659.00

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.

$1,659.00

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.

$142.67 with Optimum 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.

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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 $142.67 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $142.67 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $215.67 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $265.44 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $315.21 ↓ -81%
Simply Healthcare HIX $389.87 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $398.16 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $423.05 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $431.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $431.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $431.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $431.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $431.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $436.32 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $447.93 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $464.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $497.70 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $582.31 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $582.31 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $613.83 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $663.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $729.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $746.55 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $829.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $829.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $829.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,244.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,410.15 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,753.78 ↑ +6%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $1,790.70 ↑ +8%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,790.70 ↑ +8%
Molina MCR $6,000.00 ↑ +262%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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martin north hospital Stuart $993.20 $14.52 – $572.50
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