CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, hip

Facility: St Lucie Medical Center

Billing Code: 73502 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$417

about 4.7× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $101–$470

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$457

About the fair price

about $40 over the fair price · 5.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $417 This hospital $457 Cash price $2,075 Hospital's list price $2,075

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 FL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $27 Priciest $457

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a X-ray, hip is about $417 (about 4.7× the $89 Medicare rate). St Lucie Medical Center charges insurers about $457, or about $2,075 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Port Saint Lucie, FL.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldCignaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$182 - $934	205%
Aetnamajor	$622	700%
Humanamajor	$768 - $830	864%
AvMed	$270 - $1,038	304%
Molina	$394 - $560	443%
Simply Healthcare	$270	304%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$178 - $1,038

Excludes 6 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,075), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 73502.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm St Lucie Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73502.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at St Lucie Medical Center

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