Barrier skin flextend 2.25in floating flang new image 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.

$3.78 with Freedom Health vs $37.40 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $3.78
Optimum MGMCR $3.78
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $5.72
AvMed HIX $5.72
Freedom Health MGMCD $7.04
BCBS MBN $7.13
Aetna QHP $7.66
BCBS HMO $8.32
BCBS SBN $8.32
Oscar HIX $8.36
Molina MCR $8.36
Humana TRICR $8.57
Aetna HMO $8.58
BCBS NWB $8.84
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.84
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.84
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.84
CarePlus MGMCR $8.84
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.84
Wellmed MGMCR $8.84
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.84
Devoted Health MCR $8.84
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.84
United GVT $8.84
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.84
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.84
BCBS PPO $8.84
BCBS MCRPPO $9.02
BCBS MCRHMO $9.02
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $9.02
United MCR $9.02
Aetna MCR $9.11
Sunshine State MCR $9.28
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.28
American Health Plan MCR $9.37
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $9.37
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.46
Cigna Healthspring MCR $9.46
Sunshine State MCD $9.72
Centurion GVT $9.72
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.34
AvMed FullyInsured $10.56
BCBS PHS $10.60
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $10.60
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $10.61
Longevity Health Plan MCR $10.61
Aetna PPO $10.74
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $11.22
AvMed Focus $11.44
AvMed Select $11.44
AvMed Empower $11.44
AvMed Engage $11.44
AvMed Flex $11.44
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $11.57
Molina HIX $11.88
AvMed ASOEO $12.32
Solis Health Plan MCR $12.82
Aetna ASA $13.20
Cigna HMO $15.44
Cigna PPO $15.44
Humana HMO $16.28
Humana PPO $17.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $19.36
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $19.80
Plotkin Health COMM $22.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $22.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $22.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $33.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $37.40

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