Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$3,875.00

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.

$3,875.00

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.

$75.05 with CorVel Corporation vs $3,293.75 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 $75.05 ↓ -98%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $76.63 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $76.63 ↓ -98%
Optimum MGMCR $333.25 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $333.25 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $503.75 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $503.75 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $620.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS MBN $627.75 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHP $674.25 ↓ -83%
BCBS SBN $732.38 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $732.38 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $736.25 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $736.25 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $755.63 ↓ -80%
BCBS NWB $778.88 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $778.88 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $825.38 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $910.63 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $930.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $933.88 ↓ -76%
BCBS PHS $933.88 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $945.50 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $988.13 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $1,007.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $1,007.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $1,007.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $1,007.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $1,007.50 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $1,019.13 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,046.25 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $1,085.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $1,162.50 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $1,360.13 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $1,360.13 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $1,433.75 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $1,550.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,705.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,743.75 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,937.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,937.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,937.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,906.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,293.75 ↓ -15%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $2,470.65 $48.77 – $1,900.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,914.10 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,927.41 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,990.62 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $4,715.84 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,051.75 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $3,007.00 $72.20 – $73.72
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,626.90 not published

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