St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$903.00

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.

$903.00

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.

$77.66 with Optimum vs $767.55 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 $77.66 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $77.66 ↓ -91%
Humana TRICR $80.98 ↓ -91%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $84.95 ↓ -91%
CarePlus MGMCR $84.95 ↓ -91%
Wellmed MGMCR $84.95 ↓ -91%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $84.95 ↓ -91%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $84.95 ↓ -91%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $84.95 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCR $84.95 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $84.95 ↓ -91%
United GVT $84.95 ↓ -91%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $84.95 ↓ -91%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $84.95 ↓ -91%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $84.95 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $86.65 ↓ -90%
United MCR $86.65 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRHMO $86.65 ↓ -90%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $86.65 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCR $87.50 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCR $89.20 ↓ -90%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $89.20 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan MCR $90.05 ↓ -90%
Florida Complete Care MCR $90.90 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $90.90 ↓ -90%
Centurion GVT $93.45 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCD $93.45 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $95.00 ↓ -89%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $97.00 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $97.00 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $101.94 ↓ -89%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $101.94 ↓ -89%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $117.39 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $117.39 ↓ -87%
Solis Health Plan MCR $123.18 ↓ -86%
Freedom Health MGMCD $144.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $157.12 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $171.57 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $171.57 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $176.09 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $192.34 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $212.21 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $216.72 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $220.33 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $230.26 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $234.78 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $234.78 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $234.78 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $234.78 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $234.78 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $237.49 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $243.81 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $252.84 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $270.90 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $316.95 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $316.95 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $334.11 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $361.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $397.32 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $406.35 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $451.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $451.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $451.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $677.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $767.55 ↓ -15%

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $539.50 $22.07 – $536.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $334.66 $78.49 – $137.89
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $564.39 $82.62 – $183.42
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $362.87 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $563.80 $82.62 – $183.42
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $364.73 $78.49 – $180.48
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $852.00 $66.10 – $99.14
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $743.51 not published

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