Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (without contrast) 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

$1,355.25

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$2,085.00

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.

$59.73 with Blue Cross vs $2,278.00 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $59.73 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross BlueSelect $59.73 ↓ -96%
Miami Childrens Health Plan Medicare Advantage $70.87 ↓ -95%
United Medicare Advantage $70.87 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage PPO $70.87 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Medicare Advantage HMO $70.87 ↓ -95%
Avmed Medicare Advantage $70.87 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Network Blue $72.03 ↓ -95%
Independent Living Systems Medicare Advantage $72.78 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Traditional (PPS) $74.38 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Perferred Patient Care $74.38 ↓ -95%
Freedom Health Medicare Advantage $74.41 ↓ -95%
Careplus Medicare Advantage $74.41 ↓ -95%
Clear Spring Health All Products $76.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage PCP $87.88 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Specialist $89.30 ↓ -93%
United All Products $91.49 ↓ -93%
Avmed Exchange $92.63 ↓ -93%
Avmed Select $96.19 ↓ -93%
Avmed Broad $103.31 ↓ -92%
Multiplan All Products $106.31 ↓ -92%
AETNA Managed Medicaid/CHIP Behavioral Health $153.12 ↓ -89%
Freedom Health Managed Medicaid $153.12 ↓ -89%
Simply Managed Medicaid $153.12 ↓ -89%
SUNSHINE HEALTH Managed Medicaid $153.12 ↓ -89%
Aetna All Products Anesthesia $154.02 ↓ -89%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $157.71 ↓ -88%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $160.78 ↓ -88%
Miami Childrens Health Plan Managed Medicaid $160.78 ↓ -88%
MOLINA Florida KidCare $160.78 ↓ -88%
AETNA Managed Medicaid/CHIP $183.74 ↓ -86%
Independent Living Systems Managed Medicaid $183.74 ↓ -86%
Aetna All Products PCP $198.93 ↓ -85%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $242.63 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS Medicare Advantage HMO $242.63 ↓ -82%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $242.63 ↓ -82%
Miami Childrens Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $242.63 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS Medicare Advantage PPO $242.63 ↓ -82%
Aetna All Products Specialist $244.69 ↓ -82%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $249.17 ↓ -82%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $249.17 ↓ -82%
AVMED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $252.34 ↓ -81%
Careplus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $254.77 ↓ -81%
Freedom Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $254.77 ↓ -81%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $268.32 ↓ -80%
DEVOTED HEALTH Medicare Advantage HMO $274.08 ↓ -80%
Clear Spring Health ALL PRODUCTS $275.98 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS MBN $386.00 ↓ -72%
BLUE CROSS BSL $388.00 ↓ -71%
The Legacy Companies All Products $423.15 ↓ -69%
Clarity Health All Products $423.15 ↓ -69%
AVMED EXCHANGE $424.61 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS HMO $486.00 ↓ -64%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $488.25 ↓ -64%
BLUE CROSS NWB $521.00 ↓ -62%
BLUE CROSS NWBI $521.00 ↓ -62%
UNITED NHP $524.34 ↓ -61%
UNITED International $524.34 ↓ -61%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $524.34 ↓ -61%
BLUE CROSS PHS $584.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna All Products First Health $585.90 ↓ -57%
CIGNA Individual Family Plan $590.06 ↓ -56%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $651.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Surefit Physician $651.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Physician $651.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Individual Family Plan Mid-Level $651.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna All Products Physician $651.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Surefit Mid-Level $651.00 ↓ -52%
AVMED Select $715.77 ↓ -47%
CIGNA SUREFIT $852.77 ↓ -37%
AVMED BROAD $934.14 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS PPO $1,020.00 ↓ -25%
BMI ALL PRODUCTS $1,042.50 ↓ -23%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,100.88 ↓ -19%
The Legacy Companies ALL PRODUCTS $1,355.25 ↑ +0%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,355.25 ↑ +0%
AETNA QHP $1,677.00 ↑ +24%
AETNA All Products First Health $1,876.50 ↑ +38%
AETNA All Products New Business $2,027.00 ↑ +50%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,278.00 ↑ +68%
HUMANA Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Independent Living Systems MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Sunshine Health Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Florida Kidcare not published by hospital —
Consociate Health Transplant not published by hospital —

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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART $7,845.00 $391.22 – $2,630.38
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $6,449.38 $236.71 – $517.67
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $14,823.93 $249.17 – $553.15
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $5,841.78 $236.71 – $703.89
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $5,992.06 $249.17 – $553.15
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $5,702.40 $236.71 – $675.95
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $8,731.33 $249.17 – $454.98
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,778.40 $66.76 – $1,772.25

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