Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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.

$2.60 with Freedom Health vs $101.13 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $2.60
Optimum MGMCR $2.60
AvMed HIX $3.93
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $3.93
Freedom Health MGMCD $4.84
Molina MCR $5.75
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $6.44
AvMed FullyInsured $7.26
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $7.71
AvMed Empower $7.87
AvMed Flex $7.87
AvMed Engage $7.87
AvMed Select $7.87
AvMed Focus $7.87
Molina HIX $8.17
AvMed ASOEO $8.47
Aetna ASA $9.07
Humana HMO $11.19
Humana PPO $12.10
United PPO OptionsPPO $13.31
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $13.61
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $15.13
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $15.13
Plotkin Health COMM $15.13
Humana TRICR $16.69
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $16.77
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77
United GVT $16.77
Devoted Health MCR $16.77
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $16.77
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.77
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $16.77
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $16.77
Wellmed MGMCR $16.77
CarePlus MGMCR $16.77
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $16.77
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $16.77
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $16.77
BCBS MCRHMO $17.11
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $17.11
BCBS MCRPPO $17.11
United MCR $17.11
Aetna MCR $17.27
Sunshine State MCR $17.61
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $17.61
American Health Plan MCR $17.78
Cigna Healthspring MCR $17.94
Florida Complete Care MCR $17.94
Sunshine State MCD $18.45
Centurion GVT $18.45
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $20.12
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.12
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $22.69
Solis Health Plan MCR $24.32
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $25.71
Oscar HIX $32.37
Simply Healthcare HIX $37.90
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $99.05
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $101.13
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $101.13
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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