Strapping of knee at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
$609.00
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.
$609.00
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.
$52.37 with Freedom Health vs $8,400.00 with United — 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 |
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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $52.37 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $52.37 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $79.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $97.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | QHP | $105.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $115.71 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | HMO | $118.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $129.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $143.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | PPO | $148.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $155.29 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusinessNBN | $160.17 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $164.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $182.70 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | PPO | $213.76 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | HMO | $213.76 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | HMO | $225.33 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | PPO | $243.60 | ↓ -60% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $267.96 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $274.05 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $304.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $304.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $304.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $456.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $517.65 | ↓ -15% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $856.38 | ↑ +41% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $874.41 | ↑ +44% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $874.41 | ↑ +44% |
| Molina | MCR | $1,950.00 | ↑ +220% |
| BCBS | MBN | $2,365.00 | ↑ +288% |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,795.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS | SBN | $2,795.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,847.00 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS | NWB | $2,847.00 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS | PHS | $3,403.00 | ↑ +459% |
| BCBS | BSLNON-PAR | $3,403.00 | ↑ +459% |
| AvMed | HIX | $4,281.00 | ↑ +603% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $8,400.00 | ↑ +1279% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | not published by hospital | — |
| AvMed | Engage | not published by hospital | — |
| AvMed | Flex | not published by hospital | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | not published by hospital | — |
| AvMed | Select | not published by hospital | — |
| AvMed | Empower | not published by hospital | — |
| AvMed | Focus | not published by hospital | — |
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Strapping of knee at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $481.65 | $15.74 – $370.50 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $268.95 | $131.99 – $231.89 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $399.93 | $138.94 – $308.45 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $273.98 | $131.99 – $296.76 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,252.04 | $138.94 – $308.45 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $203.90 | $131.99 – $303.51 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $498.62 | $138.94 – $253.70 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $481.65 | $15.74 – $629.85 |