Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery 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

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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.

$74.30 with Optimum vs $734.40 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $74.30
Freedom Health MGMCR $74.30
AvMed HIX $112.32
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $112.32
Freedom Health MGMCD $138.24
Molina MCR $164.16
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $184.03
AvMed FullyInsured $207.36
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $220.32
AvMed Select $224.64
AvMed Focus $224.64
AvMed Flex $224.64
AvMed Engage $224.64
AvMed Empower $224.64
Molina HIX $233.28
AvMed ASOEO $241.92
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna ASA $259.20
Humana HMO $319.68
Humana PPO $345.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $380.16
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $388.80
Plotkin Health COMM $432.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $432.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $432.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $594.26
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $606.77
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $606.77
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $648.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $734.40
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $739.70 $15.03 – $459.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,064.69 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,785.59 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,570.44 $109.17 – $199.35
indian river hospital Vero Beach $596.70 $19.63 – $734.40
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $588.25 $63.37 – $748.80
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $588.25 $63.37 – $814.50
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $588.25 $61.43 – $814.50

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