Ammonia 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.

$14.50 with Humana vs $942.65 with Multiplan — 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
Humana TRICR $14.50
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $14.57
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.57
Devoted Health MCR $14.57
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $14.57
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.57
CarePlus MGMCR $14.57
Wellmed MGMCR $14.57
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.57
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $14.57
United AllPayerAppendix $14.57
United GVT $14.57
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.57
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.57
BCBS MCRHMO $14.86
BCBS MCRPPO $14.86
United MCR $14.86
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.86
Aetna MCR $15.01
Sunshine State MCR $15.30
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.30
American Health Plan MCR $15.44
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.59
Cigna Healthspring MCR $15.59
Sunshine State MCD $16.03
Centurion GVT $16.03
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.48
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.48
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.13
Oscar HIX $28.12
Simply Healthcare HIX $32.93
Optimum MGMCR $95.37
Freedom Health MGMCR $95.37
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $144.17
AvMed HIX $144.17
Freedom Health MGMCD $177.44
Molina MCR $210.71
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $231.11
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $235.97
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $235.97
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $236.22
AvMed FullyInsured $266.16
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $282.80
AvMed Select $288.34
AvMed Empower $288.34
AvMed Engage $288.34
AvMed Flex $288.34
AvMed Focus $288.34
Molina HIX $299.43
AvMed ASOEO $310.52
Aetna ASA $332.70
Humana HMO $410.33
Humana PPO $443.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $487.96
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $499.05
Plotkin Health COMM $554.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $554.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $554.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $831.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $942.65
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Ammonia at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $298.35 $6.08 – $30.75
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $310.65 $13.84 – $24.32
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $599.61 $14.57 – $32.35
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $328.78 $13.84 – $31.12
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $460.32 $14.57 – $32.35
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $257.36 $13.84 – $31.83
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $623.00 $11.66 – $226.47
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $107.09 $14.57 – $26.60

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