X-ray hip uni w/wo pelvis min 4 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.

$178.45 with Freedom Health vs $1,763.75 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $178.45
Optimum MGMCR $178.45
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $269.75
AvMed HIX $269.75
Freedom Health MGMCD $332.00
Molina MCR $394.25
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $441.98
AvMed FullyInsured $498.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $529.13
AvMed Select $539.50
AvMed Focus $539.50
AvMed Flex $539.50
AvMed Engage $539.50
AvMed Empower $539.50
Molina HIX $560.25
AvMed ASOEO $581.00
Aetna ASA $622.50
Humana HMO $767.75
Humana PPO $830.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $913.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $933.75
Plotkin Health COMM $1,037.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,037.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,037.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,157.52
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,181.89
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $1,181.89
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,556.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,763.75
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray hip uni w/wo pelvis min 4 views at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $674.05 $14.02 – $459.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,093.19 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,577.46 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,254.19 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,728.35 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $438.04 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $2,069.27 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $674.05 $13.43 – $780.30

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