C-reactive protein 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.

$2.84 with Freedom Health vs $113.38 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $2.84
Optimum MGMCR $2.84
AvMed HIX $4.29
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $4.29
Humana TRICR $5.16
Wellmed MGMCR $5.18
Devoted Health MCR $5.18
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.18
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5.18
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.18
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.18
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.18
United AllPayerAppendix $5.18
United GVT $5.18
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $5.18
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $5.18
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $5.18
CarePlus MGMCR $5.18
Freedom Health MGMCD $5.28
United MCR $5.28
BCBS MCRHMO $5.28
BCBS MCRPPO $5.28
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.28
Aetna MCR $5.34
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.44
Sunshine State MCR $5.44
American Health Plan MCR $5.49
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.54
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.54
Centurion GVT $5.70
Sunshine State MCD $5.70
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.22
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $6.22
Molina MCR $6.27
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $7.03
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.51
AvMed FullyInsured $7.92
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $8.41
AvMed Empower $8.58
AvMed Engage $8.58
AvMed Flex $8.58
AvMed Focus $8.58
AvMed Select $8.58
Molina HIX $8.91
AvMed ASOEO $9.24
Aetna ASA $9.90
Oscar HIX $10.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.71
Humana HMO $12.21
Humana PPO $13.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $14.52
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $14.85
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $16.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $16.50
Plotkin Health COMM $16.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $24.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $28.05
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $111.05
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $113.38
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $113.38
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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