Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath 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

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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.

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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.

$0.77 with Optimum vs $78.66 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
Optimum MGMCR $0.77
Freedom Health MGMCR $0.77
AvMed HIX $1.17
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1.17
Freedom Health MGMCD $1.44
Molina MCR $1.71
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1.92
AvMed FullyInsured $2.16
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.29
AvMed Empower $2.34
AvMed Select $2.34
AvMed Focus $2.34
AvMed Flex $2.34
AvMed Engage $2.34
Molina HIX $2.43
AvMed ASOEO $2.52
Aetna ASA $2.70
Humana HMO $3.33
Humana PPO $3.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $3.96
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.05
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $4.50
Plotkin Health COMM $4.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7.65
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $17.27
United Behavioral Health VACCN $17.27
United AllPayerAppendix $17.27
United GVT $17.27
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $17.27
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.27
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $17.27
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $17.27
Wellmed MGMCR $17.27
CarePlus MGMCR $17.27
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $17.27
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $17.27
Devoted Health MCR $17.27
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $17.62
BCBS MCRHMO $17.62
BCBS MCRPPO $17.62
United MCR $17.62
Aetna MCR $17.79
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $18.13
Sunshine State MCR $18.13
American Health Plan MCR $18.31
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.48
Cigna Healthspring MCR $18.48
Centurion GVT $19.00
Sunshine State MCD $19.00
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.72
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $20.72
Solis Health Plan MCR $25.04
Oscar HIX $33.33
Simply Healthcare HIX $39.03
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $112.45 $6.97 – $129.75
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $339.82 $16.41 – $28.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $339.82 $17.27 – $38.34
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $339.82 $16.41 – $36.89
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $291.28 $16.41 – $37.73
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $128.02 $17.27 – $31.54
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $112.45 $6.62 – $147.05
indian river hospital Vero Beach $112.45 $6.62 – $138.40

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