Blood gases ph venous 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.

$10.95 with Humana vs $279.89 with Prime Health — 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 $10.95
Devoted Health MCR $11.00
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.00
United AllPayerAppendix $11.00
United GVT $11.00
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.00
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.00
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.00
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.00
Wellmed MGMCR $11.00
CarePlus MGMCR $11.00
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $11.00
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $11.00
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $11.00
United MCR $11.22
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.22
BCBS MCRHMO $11.22
BCBS MCRPPO $11.22
Aetna MCR $11.33
Sunshine State MCR $11.55
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $11.55
American Health Plan MCR $11.66
Cigna Healthspring MCR $11.77
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.77
Sunshine State MCD $12.10
Centurion GVT $12.10
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.20
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.20
Solis Health Plan MCR $15.95
Oscar HIX $21.23
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.86
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $274.12
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $279.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $279.89
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Blood gases ph venous at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart not published $6.08 – $16.21
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $219.36 $10.45 – $18.36
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $445.26 $11.00 – $24.42
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $235.61 $10.45 – $23.49
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $169.79 $11.00 – $24.42
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $110.30 $10.45 – $24.03
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $269.00 $8.80 – $268.62
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $73.46 $11.00 – $20.09

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