88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL

2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$17.00

Cash price

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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.

$17.00

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.

$1.17 with BCBS vs $292.15 with Prime 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.

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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
BCBS MCRHMO $1.17 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $1.17 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $1.46 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1.46 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2.21 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $2.21 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2.72 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $3.23 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $3.23 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3.62 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.00 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $4.08 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.33 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $4.42 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $4.42 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $4.42 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $4.42 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $4.42 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4.59 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $4.76 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $5.10 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $6.29 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $6.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $7.48 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7.65 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $8.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $8.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $8.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $12.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $14.45 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.19 ↑ +13%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $286.13 ↑ +1583%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $292.15 ↑ +1619%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $292.15 ↑ +1619%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $204.10 $18.04 – $314.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $159.06 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $160.40 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $180.00 $19.19 – $280.39
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $498.62 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $204.10 $18.98 – $314.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $204.10 $26.44 – $314.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $120.90 $13.47 – $167.40

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