Assay 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

$52.00

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.

$52.00

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.

$4.47 with Freedom Health vs $78.66 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 $4.47 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $4.47 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $6.76 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $6.76 ↓ -87%
Humana TRICR $8.23 ↓ -84%
Wellmed MGMCR $8.26 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health MCR $8.26 ↓ -84%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.26 ↓ -84%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.26 ↓ -84%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.26 ↓ -84%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.26 ↓ -84%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.26 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.26 ↓ -84%
United GVT $8.26 ↓ -84%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.26 ↓ -84%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.26 ↓ -84%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.26 ↓ -84%
CarePlus MGMCR $8.26 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $8.32 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.43 ↓ -84%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.43 ↓ -84%
United MCR $8.43 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRHMO $8.43 ↓ -84%
Aetna MCR $8.51 ↓ -84%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.67 ↓ -83%
Sunshine State MCR $8.67 ↓ -83%
American Health Plan MCR $8.76 ↓ -83%
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.84 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $8.84 ↓ -83%
Centurion GVT $9.09 ↓ -83%
Sunshine State MCD $9.09 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $9.88 ↓ -81%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.91 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.91 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $11.08 ↓ -79%
Solis Health Plan MCR $11.98 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $12.48 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $13.26 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $13.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $13.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $13.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $13.52 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $13.52 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $14.04 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $14.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $15.60 ↓ -70%
Oscar HIX $15.94 ↓ -69%
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.67 ↓ -64%
Humana HMO $19.24 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $20.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $22.88 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $23.40 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $26.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $26.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $26.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $39.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $44.20 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↑ +48%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +51%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +51%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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