Unlisted ultrasound procedure at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
$2,940.00
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.
$2,940.00
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.
$182.03 with United vs $2,499.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -94% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $252.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $252.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $382.20 | ↓ -87% |
| AvMed | HIX | $382.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $470.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MCR | $558.60 | ↓ -81% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $615.28 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $626.22 | ↓ -79% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $628.23 | ↓ -79% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $628.23 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $705.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $749.70 | ↓ -75% |
| AvMed | Empower | $764.40 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $764.40 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $764.40 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $764.40 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $764.40 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $793.80 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $823.20 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $882.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,087.80 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,176.00 | ↓ -60% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $1,293.60 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $1,323.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $1,470.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $1,470.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $1,470.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $2,205.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $2,499.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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