X-ray abdomen 2 views 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.

$44.89 with Optimum vs $499.52 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.

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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 $44.89
Freedom Health MGMCR $44.89
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $67.86
AvMed HIX $67.86
Freedom Health MGMCD $83.52
Molina MCR $99.18
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $111.19
AvMed FullyInsured $125.28
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $133.11
AvMed Select $135.72
AvMed Focus $135.72
AvMed Flex $135.72
AvMed Engage $135.72
AvMed Empower $135.72
Molina HIX $140.94
AvMed ASOEO $146.16
Aetna ASA $156.60
Humana HMO $193.14
Humana PPO $208.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $229.68
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $234.90
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Plotkin Health COMM $261.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $261.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $261.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $391.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $443.70
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $489.22
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $499.52
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $499.52
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $662.35 $11.05 – $459.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $962.76 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,473.52 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,095.56 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,204.27 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $626.60 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,699.98 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $662.35 $10.92 – $780.30

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