Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (with bending views) 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

$682.50

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,050.00

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.

$13.23 with Blue Cross vs $826.20 with AETNA — 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 Health Options $13.23 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross BlueSelect $13.23 ↓ -98%
Avmed Medicare Advantage $15.03 ↓ -98%
United Medicare Advantage $15.03 ↓ -98%
Miami Childrens Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.03 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage PPO $15.03 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage HMO $15.03 ↓ -98%
Independent Living Systems Medicare Advantage $15.46 ↓ -98%
Freedom Health Medicare Advantage $15.78 ↓ -98%
Careplus Medicare Advantage $15.78 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Network Blue $15.95 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health All Products $16.23 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Perferred Patient Care $16.47 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Traditional (PPS) $16.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage PCP $18.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Specialist $18.94 ↓ -97%
United All Products $19.03 ↓ -97%
Avmed Exchange $19.27 ↓ -97%
Avmed Select $20.01 ↓ -97%
Avmed Broad $21.49 ↓ -97%
Multiplan All Products $22.55 ↓ -97%
Freedom Health Managed Medicaid $35.59 ↓ -95%
Simply Managed Medicaid $35.59 ↓ -95%
SUNSHINE HEALTH Managed Medicaid $35.59 ↓ -95%
AETNA Managed Medicaid/CHIP Behavioral Health $35.59 ↓ -95%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $36.66 ↓ -95%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $37.37 ↓ -95%
Miami Childrens Health Plan Managed Medicaid $37.37 ↓ -95%
MOLINA Florida KidCare $37.37 ↓ -95%
Independent Living Systems Managed Medicaid $42.71 ↓ -94%
AETNA Managed Medicaid/CHIP $42.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna All Products Anesthesia $53.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna All Products PCP $68.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna All Products Specialist $84.32 ↓ -88%
Clarity Health All Products $85.80 ↓ -87%
The Legacy Companies All Products $85.80 ↓ -87%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $89.23 ↓ -87%
Clear Spring Health ALL PRODUCTS $91.78 ↓ -87%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $99.00 ↓ -85%
Miami Childrens Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.74 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS Medicare Advantage PPO $106.74 ↓ -84%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.74 ↓ -84%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $106.74 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS Medicare Advantage HMO $106.74 ↓ -84%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $109.17 ↓ -84%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $109.17 ↓ -84%
AVMED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.01 ↓ -84%
Careplus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $112.08 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $112.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna All Products First Health $118.80 ↓ -83%
DEVOTED HEALTH Medicare Advantage HMO $120.09 ↓ -82%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $132.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna All Products Physician $132.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Surefit Mid-Level $132.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Surefit Physician $132.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Mid-Level $132.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Physician $132.00 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS MBN $146.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BSL $146.00 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS HMO $185.00 ↓ -73%
AVMED EXCHANGE $186.80 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS NWBI $203.00 ↓ -70%
BLUE CROSS NWB $203.00 ↓ -70%
UNITED NHP $252.18 ↓ -63%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $252.18 ↓ -63%
UNITED International $252.18 ↓ -63%
CIGNA Individual Family Plan $259.79 ↓ -62%
AETNA QHP $268.97 ↓ -61%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $286.42 ↓ -58%
BLUE CROSS PHS $295.00 ↓ -57%
AETNA All Products New Business $300.19 ↓ -56%
AVMED Select $314.89 ↓ -54%
CIGNA SUREFIT $375.46 ↓ -45%
AVMED BROAD $410.96 ↓ -40%
BMI ALL PRODUCTS $459.00 ↓ -33%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $484.70 ↓ -29%
BLUE CROSS PPO $528.00 ↓ -23%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $596.70 ↓ -13%
The Legacy Companies ALL PRODUCTS $596.70 ↓ -13%
AETNA All Products First Health $826.20 ↑ +21%
Consociate Health Transplant not published by hospital —
Independent Living Systems MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Florida Kidcare not published by hospital —
Sunshine Health Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
HUMANA Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (with bending views) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART not published $185.25 – $1,374.95
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,934.17 $103.72 – $182.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $2,748.49 $109.17 – $242.37
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $2,702.27 $103.72 – $286.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,843.17 $109.17 – $242.37
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,055.06 $103.72 – $238.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,663.94 $109.17 – $199.35
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $682.50 $14.72 – $780.30

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