Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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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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.

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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.

$101.82 with Optimum vs $1,006.40 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
Optimum MGMCR $101.82
Freedom Health MGMCR $101.82
AvMed HIX $153.92
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $153.92
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Freedom Health MGMCD $189.44
Molina MCR $224.96
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $252.19
AvMed FullyInsured $284.16
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $301.92
AvMed Select $307.84
AvMed Focus $307.84
AvMed Flex $307.84
AvMed Engage $307.84
AvMed Empower $307.84
Molina HIX $319.68
AvMed ASOEO $331.52
Aetna ASA $355.20
Humana HMO $438.08
Humana PPO $473.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $520.96
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $532.80
Plotkin Health COMM $592.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $592.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $592.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $671.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $685.43
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $685.43
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $888.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,006.40
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $494.00 $27.71 – $380.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,319.92 $86.33 – $158.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,580.20 $90.88 – $201.75
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,810.77 $90.88 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $494.00 $66.35 – $646.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $1,032.85 $69.11 – $1,314.00
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $1,032.85 $69.11 – $1,430.10
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $925.60 $89.25 – $929.87

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