X-ray neck soft tissue 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.

$169.51 with Freedom Health vs $1,675.35 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 $169.51
Optimum MGMCR $169.51
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $256.23
AvMed HIX $256.23
Freedom Health MGMCD $315.36
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $331.15
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $338.12
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $338.12
Molina MCR $374.49
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $419.82
AvMed FullyInsured $473.04
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $502.61
AvMed Empower $512.46
AvMed Focus $512.46
AvMed Flex $512.46
AvMed Engage $512.46
AvMed Select $512.46
Molina HIX $532.17
AvMed ASOEO $551.88
Aetna ASA $591.30
Humana HMO $729.27
Humana PPO $788.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $867.24
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $886.95
Plotkin Health COMM $985.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $985.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $985.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,478.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,675.35
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray neck soft tissue at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $545.35 $6.23 – $380.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $649.49 $86.33 – $151.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $995.31 $77.67 – $201.75
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $614.65 $85.22 – $194.11
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $716.34 $76.59 – $201.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $451.47 $86.33 – $198.52
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,391.01 $80.04 – $165.94
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $545.35 $6.96 – $646.00

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