Bacterial meningitis antigen 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.

$2.41 with Freedom Health vs $122.58 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 $2.41
Optimum MGMCR $2.41
AvMed HIX $3.64
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $3.64
Freedom Health MGMCD $4.48
Molina MCR $5.32
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $5.96
AvMed FullyInsured $6.72
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $7.14
AvMed Select $7.28
AvMed Focus $7.28
AvMed Flex $7.28
AvMed Engage $7.28
AvMed Empower $7.28
Molina HIX $7.56
AvMed ASOEO $7.84
Aetna ASA $8.40
Humana HMO $10.36
Humana PPO $11.20
Humana TRICR $11.48
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.54
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.54
United AllPayerAppendix $11.54
United GVT $11.54
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.54
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.54
Devoted Health MCR $11.54
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.54
Wellmed MGMCR $11.54
CarePlus MGMCR $11.54
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $11.54
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $11.54
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $11.54
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.77
BCBS MCRPPO $11.77
BCBS MCRHMO $11.77
United MCR $11.77
Aetna MCR $11.89
Sunshine State MCR $12.12
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.12
American Health Plan MCR $12.23
United PPO OptionsPPO $12.32
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.35
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.35
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $12.60
Centurion GVT $12.69
Sunshine State MCD $12.69
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.85
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.85
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $14.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $14.00
Plotkin Health COMM $14.00
Solis Health Plan MCR $16.73
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $21.00
Oscar HIX $22.27
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $23.80
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.08
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $120.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $122.58
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $122.58
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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