X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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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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.

$80.24 with Optimum vs $793.05 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 $80.24
Freedom Health MGMCR $80.24
AvMed HIX $121.29
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $121.29
Freedom Health MGMCD $149.28
Molina MCR $177.27
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $198.73
AvMed FullyInsured $223.92
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $237.91
AvMed Select $242.58
AvMed Focus $242.58
AvMed Flex $242.58
AvMed Engage $242.58
AvMed Empower $242.58
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Molina HIX $251.91
AvMed ASOEO $261.24
Aetna ASA $279.90
Humana HMO $345.21
Humana PPO $373.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $410.52
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $419.85
Plotkin Health COMM $466.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $466.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $466.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $592.27
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $604.74
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $604.74
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $699.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $793.05
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $688.35 $11.56 – $459.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,446.06 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,718.29 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,368.51 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,693.50 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $881.15 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,320.40 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $688.35 $12.93 – $780.30

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