X-ray femur >=2 views (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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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.

$178.62 with Freedom Health vs $1,765.45 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $178.62
Optimum MGMCR $178.62
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $270.01
AvMed HIX $270.01
Freedom Health MGMCD $332.32
Molina MCR $394.63
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $442.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $483.22
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $493.39
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $493.39
AvMed FullyInsured $498.48
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $529.63
AvMed Empower $540.02
AvMed Focus $540.02
AvMed Flex $540.02
AvMed Engage $540.02
AvMed Select $540.02
Molina HIX $560.79
AvMed ASOEO $581.56
Aetna ASA $623.10
Humana HMO $768.49
Humana PPO $830.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $913.88
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $934.65
Plotkin Health COMM $1,038.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,038.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,038.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,557.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,765.45
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $545.35 $9.03 – $380.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $840.79 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,616.28 $90.88 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $874.03 $86.33 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,433.45 $90.88 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $398.07 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,432.74 $90.88 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $545.35 $8.65 – $646.00

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