Beta-2 microglobulin 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.

$3.35 with Freedom Health vs $38.82 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 $3.35
Optimum MGMCR $3.35
AvMed HIX $5.07
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $5.07
Freedom Health MGMCD $6.24
Molina MCR $7.41
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $8.31
AvMed FullyInsured $9.36
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $9.95
AvMed Select $10.14
AvMed Focus $10.14
AvMed Flex $10.14
AvMed Engage $10.14
AvMed Empower $10.14
Molina HIX $10.53
AvMed ASOEO $10.92
Aetna ASA $11.70
Humana HMO $14.43
Humana PPO $15.60
Humana TRICR $16.11
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $16.18
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.18
United AllPayerAppendix $16.18
United GVT $16.18
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $16.18
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $16.18
Devoted Health MCR $16.18
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $16.18
Wellmed MGMCR $16.18
CarePlus MGMCR $16.18
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $16.18
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $16.18
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $16.18
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $16.50
BCBS MCRPPO $16.50
BCBS MCRHMO $16.50
United MCR $16.50
Aetna MCR $16.67
Sunshine State MCR $16.99
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $16.99
American Health Plan MCR $17.15
United PPO OptionsPPO $17.16
Cigna Healthspring MCR $17.31
Florida Complete Care MCR $17.31
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $17.55
Centurion GVT $17.80
Sunshine State MCD $17.80
Longevity Health Plan MCR $19.42
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $19.42
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $19.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $19.50
Plotkin Health COMM $19.50
Solis Health Plan MCR $23.46
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $29.25
Oscar HIX $31.23
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $33.15
Simply Healthcare HIX $36.57
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $38.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $38.82
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $38.82
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $56.55 $6.66 – $23.84
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $46.82 $15.37 – $27.00
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $50.97 $16.18 – $35.92
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $46.82 $15.37 – $34.56
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $249.74 $16.18 – $35.92
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $42.14 $15.37 – $35.35
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $333.00 $12.94 – $37.26
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $119.40 $16.18 – $29.54

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