Assay of tyrosine 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

$9.00

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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.

$9.00

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.

$0.77 with Freedom Health vs $46.99 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 $0.77 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $0.77 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.17 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1.17 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1.44 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1.71 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1.92 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $2.16 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.29 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2.34 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2.34 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2.43 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $2.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2.70 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $3.33 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $3.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $3.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.05 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $4.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7.65 ↓ -15%
Humana TRICR $10.58 ↑ +18%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.63 ↑ +18%
United GVT $10.63 ↑ +18%
Devoted Health MCR $10.63 ↑ +18%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.63 ↑ +18%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.63 ↑ +18%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $10.63 ↑ +18%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $10.63 ↑ +18%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $10.63 ↑ +18%
Wellmed MGMCR $10.63 ↑ +18%
CarePlus MGMCR $10.63 ↑ +18%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $10.63 ↑ +18%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $10.63 ↑ +18%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $10.63 ↑ +18%
United MCR $10.84 ↑ +20%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $10.84 ↑ +20%
BCBS MCRHMO $10.84 ↑ +20%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.84 ↑ +20%
Aetna MCR $10.95 ↑ +22%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $11.16 ↑ +24%
Sunshine State MCR $11.16 ↑ +24%
American Health Plan MCR $11.27 ↑ +25%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $11.37 ↑ +26%
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.37 ↑ +26%
Sunshine State MCD $11.69 ↑ +30%
Centurion GVT $11.69 ↑ +30%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $12.76 ↑ +42%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.76 ↑ +42%
Solis Health Plan MCR $15.41 ↑ +71%
Oscar HIX $20.52 ↑ +128%
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.02 ↑ +167%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $46.02 ↑ +411%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $46.99 ↑ +422%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $46.99 ↑ +422%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Assay of tyrosine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $92.95 $2.73 – $107.25
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $64.42 $10.10 – $17.74
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $92.95 $2.59 – $121.55
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $81.25 $10.63 – $81.63
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $65.18 $9.63 – $45.78
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL TALLAHASSEE $9.95 $9.63 – $43.25
HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL Sebring $7.82 $10.63 – $41.38
HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL PANAMA CITY $8.80 $9.63 – $43.31

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