Alkaline phosphatase 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.

$0.43 with Freedom Health vs $178.76 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $0.43
Optimum MGMCR $0.43
AvMed HIX $0.65
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $0.65
Freedom Health MGMCD $0.80
Molina MCR $0.95
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1.06
AvMed FullyInsured $1.20
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.27
AvMed Empower $1.30
AvMed Flex $1.30
AvMed Engage $1.30
AvMed Select $1.30
AvMed Focus $1.30
Molina HIX $1.35
AvMed ASOEO $1.40
Aetna ASA $1.50
Humana HMO $1.85
Humana PPO $2.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $2.20
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2.25
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2.50
Plotkin Health COMM $2.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4.25
Humana TRICR $5.16
United AllPayerAppendix $5.18
United GVT $5.18
Devoted Health MCR $5.18
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.18
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.18
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5.18
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.18
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.18
Wellmed MGMCR $5.18
CarePlus MGMCR $5.18
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $5.18
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $5.18
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $5.18
United MCR $5.28
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.28
BCBS MCRHMO $5.28
BCBS MCRPPO $5.28
Aetna MCR $5.34
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.44
Sunshine State MCR $5.44
American Health Plan MCR $5.49
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.54
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.54
Sunshine State MCD $5.70
Centurion GVT $5.70
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $6.22
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.22
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.51
Oscar HIX $10.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.71
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $175.08
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $178.76
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $178.76
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Alkaline phosphatase at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $93.60 $2.73 – $9.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $63.00 $4.92 – $8.65
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $42.49 $5.18 – $11.50
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $66.69 $4.92 – $11.06
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $240.77 $5.18 – $11.50
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $48.14 $4.92 – $11.32
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $303.00 $4.14 – $171.56
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $38.16 $5.18 – $9.46

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