Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$82.00

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$82.00

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.

$3.78 with Humana vs $69.70 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 $3.78 ↓ -95%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $3.80 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $3.80 ↓ -95%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $3.80 ↓ -95%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $3.80 ↓ -95%
CarePlus MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -95%
Wellmed MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -95%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $3.80 ↓ -95%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $3.80 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.80 ↓ -95%
United GVT $3.80 ↓ -95%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -95%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $3.80 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $3.88 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.88 ↓ -95%
United MCR $3.88 ↓ -95%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $3.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $3.91 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCR $3.99 ↓ -95%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $3.99 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MCR $4.03 ↓ -95%
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.07 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.07 ↓ -95%
Sunshine State MCD $4.18 ↓ -95%
Centurion GVT $4.18 ↓ -95%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.56 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $4.56 ↓ -94%
Solis Health Plan MCR $5.51 ↓ -93%
Optimum MGMCR $7.05 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $7.05 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $7.33 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare HIX $8.59 ↓ -90%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $10.66 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $10.66 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $13.12 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $15.58 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $17.47 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $19.68 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $20.91 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $21.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $21.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $21.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $21.32 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $21.32 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $22.14 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $22.96 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $24.60 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $30.34 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $32.80 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $36.08 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $36.90 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $41.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $41.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $41.00 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $52.02 ↓ -37%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $53.12 ↓ -35%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $53.12 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $61.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $69.70 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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