Exploration of spinal fusion at martin north hospital
200 SE Hospital Avenue, Stuart, FL · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1194790055
$3,209.05
Cash price 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.
$4,937.00
Gross charge 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.
$643.67 with Freedom Health vs $8,335.26 with DEVOTED HEALTH — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Freedom Health | Managed Medicaid | $643.67 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross | Health Options | $646.36 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross | BlueSelect | $646.36 | ↓ -80% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $662.98 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $675.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Sunshine Health | Managed Medicaid | $675.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Florida Kidcare | $675.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Miami Childrens Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $675.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Independent Living Systems | Managed Medicaid | $772.40 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross | Network Blue | $779.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross | Traditional (PPS) | $804.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Cross | Perferred Patient Care | $804.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Avmed | Medicare Advantage | $890.25 | ↓ -72% |
| Miami Childrens Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $890.25 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage PPO | $890.25 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage HMO | $890.25 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $890.25 | ↓ -72% |
| Careplus | Medicare Advantage | $934.76 | ↓ -71% |
| Freedom Health | Medicare Advantage | $934.76 | ↓ -71% |
| Independent Living Systems | Medicare Advantage | $943.11 | ↓ -71% |
| Clear Spring Health | All Products | $961.47 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage PCP | $1,103.91 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage Specialist | $1,121.72 | ↓ -65% |
| Avmed | Exchange | $1,194.43 | ↓ -63% |
| Avmed | Select | $1,240.37 | ↓ -61% |
| Avmed | Broad | $1,332.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $1,335.38 | ↓ -58% |
| United | All Products | $1,738.44 | ↓ -46% |
| The Legacy Companies | All Products | $3,209.05 | ↑ +0% |
| Clarity Health | All Products | $3,209.05 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | Managed Medicaid/CHIP Behavioral Health | $3,257.65 | ↑ +2% |
| SUNSHINE HEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $3,257.65 | ↑ +2% |
| Simply | Managed Medicaid | $3,257.65 | ↑ +2% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $3,355.38 | ↑ +5% |
| MOLINA | Florida KidCare | $3,420.53 | ↑ +7% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $3,420.53 | ↑ +7% |
| Consociate Health | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,702.75 | ↑ +15% |
| AETNA | Managed Medicaid/CHIP | $3,909.18 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $4,443.30 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | $4,937.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Individual Family Plan Physician | $4,937.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Individual Family Plan Mid-Level | $4,937.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | $4,937.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Surefit Physician | $4,937.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Surefit Mid-Level | $4,937.00 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,577.51 | ↑ +136% |
| Wellcare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,577.51 | ↑ +136% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH | Medicare Advantage HMO | $8,335.26 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | All Products PCP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | All Products Anesthesia | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | All Products Specialist | not published by hospital | — |
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Exploration of spinal fusion at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL | STUART | not published | $2,164.96 – $2,210.54 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $3,209.05 | $620.83 – $8,335.26 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $3,209.05 | $620.83 – $8,335.26 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | not published | $7,198.64 – $12,646.87 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | not published | $7,198.64 – $16,184.81 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | not published | $7,577.51 – $16,822.08 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | not published | $7,198.64 – $16,553.08 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | not published | $2,077.79 – $2,121.54 |