X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) 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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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.

$182.03 with United vs $2,685.15 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

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
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Optimum MGMCR $271.67
Freedom Health MGMCR $271.67
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $349.15
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $356.50
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $356.50
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $410.67
AvMed HIX $410.67
Freedom Health MGMCD $505.44
Molina MCR $600.21
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $672.87
AvMed FullyInsured $758.16
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $805.54
AvMed Empower $821.34
AvMed Focus $821.34
AvMed Flex $821.34
AvMed Engage $821.34
AvMed Select $821.34
Molina HIX $852.93
AvMed ASOEO $884.52
Aetna ASA $947.70
Humana HMO $1,168.83
Humana PPO $1,263.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,389.96
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,421.55
Plotkin Health COMM $1,579.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,579.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,579.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,369.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,685.15
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $494.00 $6.23 – $380.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $330.47 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $330.66 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $986.70 $76.59 – $201.75
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $944.94 $80.04 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $545.35 $6.96 – $646.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $494.00 $6.39 – $608.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $408.20 $35.25 – $565.20

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