Decompression of thigh/knee at martin north hospital

200 SE Hospital Avenue, Stuart, FL · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1194790055

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,251.60

Cash price

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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.

$3,464.00

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.

$499.36 with Blue Cross vs $6,184.87 with AVMED — 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
Blue Cross BlueSelect $499.36 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Health Options $499.36 ↓ -78%
Freedom Health Managed Medicaid $517.29 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $532.81 ↓ -76%
Miami Childrens Health Plan Managed Medicaid $543.15 ↓ -76%
Molina Florida Kidcare $543.15 ↓ -76%
Sunshine Health Managed Medicaid $543.15 ↓ -76%
Molina Managed Medicaid $543.15 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Network Blue $602.17 ↓ -73%
Independent Living Systems Managed Medicaid $620.75 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Perferred Patient Care $621.75 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Traditional (PPS) $621.75 ↓ -72%
United Medicare Advantage $680.30 ↓ -70%
Avmed Medicare Advantage $680.30 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage HMO $680.30 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage PPO $680.30 ↓ -70%
Miami Childrens Health Plan Medicare Advantage $680.30 ↓ -70%
Careplus Medicare Advantage $714.32 ↓ -68%
Freedom Health Medicare Advantage $714.32 ↓ -68%
Independent Living Systems Medicare Advantage $733.99 ↓ -67%
Clear Spring Health All Products $734.72 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Advantage PCP $843.57 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Specialist $857.18 ↓ -62%
Avmed Exchange $926.12 ↓ -59%
Avmed Select $961.74 ↓ -57%
Multiplan All Products $1,020.45 ↓ -55%
Avmed Broad $1,032.98 ↓ -54%
United All Products $1,347.93 ↓ -40%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,606.46 ↓ -29%
BLUE CROSS Medicare Advantage HMO $1,606.46 ↓ -29%
BLUE CROSS Medicare Advantage PPO $1,606.46 ↓ -29%
Miami Childrens Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,606.46 ↓ -29%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,606.46 ↓ -29%
AVMED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,670.72 ↓ -26%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,679.19 ↓ -25%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,679.19 ↓ -25%
Freedom Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,686.78 ↓ -25%
Careplus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,686.78 ↓ -25%
DEVOTED HEALTH Medicare Advantage HMO $1,847.11 ↓ -18%
AETNA Managed Medicaid/CHIP Behavioral Health $2,096.86 ↓ -7%
Simply Managed Medicaid $2,096.86 ↓ -7%
SUNSHINE HEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,096.86 ↓ -7%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,159.77 ↓ -4%
MOLINA Florida KidCare $2,201.70 ↓ -2%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,201.70 ↓ -2%
Clarity Health All Products $2,251.60 ↑ +0%
The Legacy Companies All Products $2,251.60 ↑ +0%
AETNA Managed Medicaid/CHIP $2,516.23 ↑ +12%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $2,598.00 ↑ +15%
AVMED EXCHANGE $2,811.30 ↑ +25%
Aetna All Products First Health $3,117.60 ↑ +38%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $3,464.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Mid-Level $3,464.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Physician $3,464.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Surefit Mid-Level $3,464.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna Surefit Physician $3,464.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Physician $3,464.00 ↑ +54%
AVMED Select $4,739.06 ↑ +110%
AVMED BROAD $6,184.87 ↑ +175%
Aetna All Products Specialist not published by hospital
Aetna All Products Anesthesia not published by hospital
Aetna All Products PCP not published by hospital

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Decompression of thigh/knee at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART not published $6,095.71 – $6,224.04
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,251.60 $397.40 – $3,464.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $1,595.23 – $2,802.57
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast not published $1,595.23 – $3,586.59
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $614.00 – $3,727.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach not published $1,595.23 – $3,668.20
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $5,850.29 – $5,973.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte not published $1,679.19 – $3,066.20

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