Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
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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.
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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.
$33.12 with Aetna vs $648.66 with Prime Health — 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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| Aetna | MCR | $33.12 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $33.12 | — |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $41.28 | — |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $41.28 | — |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $62.40 | — |
| AvMed | HIX | $62.40 | — |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $76.80 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $91.20 | — |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $102.24 | — |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $115.20 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $122.40 | — |
| AvMed | Engage | $124.80 | — |
| AvMed | Empower | $124.80 | — |
| AvMed | Select | $124.80 | — |
| AvMed | Focus | $124.80 | — |
| AvMed | Flex | $124.80 | — |
| Molina | HIX | $129.60 | — |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $134.40 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $144.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $177.60 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $192.00 | — |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $211.20 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $216.00 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $240.00 | — |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $240.00 | — |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $240.00 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $360.00 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $408.00 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $635.28 | — |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $648.66 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $648.66 | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $216.45 | $11.57 – $166.50 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $891.66 | not published |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $756.61 | not published |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $876.27 | not published |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $1,918.06 | not published |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $642.56 | not published |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $1,021.52 | not published |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $302.25 | $12.93 – $283.05 |