X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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.

$229.88 with Freedom Health vs $2,272.05 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $229.88
Optimum MGMCR $229.88
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $347.49
AvMed HIX $347.49
Freedom Health MGMCD $427.68
Molina MCR $507.87
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $569.35
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $590.26
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $602.69
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $602.69
AvMed FullyInsured $641.52
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $681.62
AvMed Empower $694.98
AvMed Flex $694.98
AvMed Focus $694.98
AvMed Select $694.98
AvMed Engage $694.98
Molina HIX $721.71
AvMed ASOEO $748.44
Aetna ASA $801.90
Humana HMO $989.01
Humana PPO $1,069.20
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,176.12
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,202.85
Plotkin Health COMM $1,336.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,336.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,336.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,004.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,272.05
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $3,073.85 $19.95 – $2,364.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $781.96 $523.23 – $952.35
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,025.42 $472.40 – $1,218.77
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,837.79 $394.93 – $1,266.75
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $446.60 $542.08 – $1,246.50
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,378.20 $394.93 – $1,041.93
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $3,214.25 $22.30 – $4,019.65
indian river hospital Vero Beach $3,073.85 $19.68 – $3,783.20

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