Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose 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

$2,718.00

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.

$2,718.00

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.

$187.54 with BCBS vs $2,310.30 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
BCBS MCRHMO $187.54 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $187.54 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $233.75 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $233.75 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $353.34 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $353.34 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $434.88 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $516.42 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $516.42 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $578.93 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $638.73 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $652.32 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $693.09 ↓ -75%
AvMed Engage $706.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $706.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $706.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $706.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $706.68 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $714.83 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $733.86 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $743.46 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $761.04 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $954.02 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $954.02 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $1,005.66 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $1,087.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,195.92 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,223.10 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,359.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,359.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,359.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,038.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,310.30 ↓ -15%

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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $47.45 $13.73 – $649.00
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $122.85 $11.09 – $1,390.00
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Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $172.25 $53.27 – $265.00
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Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $172.25 $46.38 – $238.50
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $172.25 $46.11 – $238.50

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