Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$1,044.00

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.

$1,044.00

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.

$57.95 with CorVel Corporation vs $887.40 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $57.95 ↓ -94%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $59.17 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $59.17 ↓ -94%
Freedom Health MGMCR $89.78 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $89.78 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $135.72 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $135.72 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $167.04 ↓ -84%
BCBS MBN $169.13 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $181.66 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $197.32 ↓ -81%
BCBS SBN $197.32 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $198.36 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $198.36 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $203.58 ↓ -81%
BCBS NWB $209.84 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $209.84 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $222.37 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $245.34 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $250.56 ↓ -76%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $251.60 ↓ -76%
BCBS PHS $251.60 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $254.74 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $266.22 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $271.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $271.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $271.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $271.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $271.44 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $274.57 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $281.88 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $292.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $313.20 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $366.44 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $366.44 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $386.28 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $417.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $459.36 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $469.80 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $522.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $522.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $522.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $783.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $887.40 ↓ -15%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $481.65 $33.02 – $370.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.76 $131.99 – $231.89
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $904.43 $138.94 – $308.45
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $190.04 $131.99 – $296.76
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $452.03 $138.94 – $308.45
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $494.71 $131.99 – $303.51
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,075.00 $54.15 – $55.29
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $475.16 $138.94 – $253.70

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