Bactericidal level serum 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

$222.00

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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$222.00

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.

$14.96 with Humana vs $188.70 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 $14.96 ↓ -93%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $15.02 ↓ -93%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $15.02 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.02 ↓ -93%
Wellmed MGMCR $15.02 ↓ -93%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $15.02 ↓ -93%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $15.02 ↓ -93%
United GVT $15.02 ↓ -93%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $15.02 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCR $15.02 ↓ -93%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $15.02 ↓ -93%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $15.02 ↓ -93%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $15.02 ↓ -93%
CarePlus MGMCR $15.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.32 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $15.32 ↓ -93%
United MCR $15.32 ↓ -93%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $15.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $15.47 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCR $15.77 ↓ -93%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.77 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MCR $15.92 ↓ -93%
Florida Complete Care MCR $16.07 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $16.07 ↓ -93%
Sunshine State MCD $16.52 ↓ -93%
Centurion GVT $16.52 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $18.02 ↓ -92%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $18.02 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $19.09 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $19.09 ↓ -91%
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.78 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $28.86 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $28.86 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $28.99 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $33.95 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $35.52 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $42.18 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $47.29 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $53.28 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $56.61 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $57.72 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $57.72 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $57.72 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $57.72 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $57.72 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $59.94 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $62.16 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $66.60 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $82.14 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $88.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $97.68 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $99.90 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $105.05 ↓ -53%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $107.26 ↓ -52%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $107.26 ↓ -52%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $111.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $111.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $111.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $166.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $188.70 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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