Calcium ionized 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 $106.23 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 Engage $10.14
AvMed Focus $10.14
AvMed Flex $10.14
AvMed Empower $10.14
AvMed Select $10.14
Molina HIX $10.53
AvMed ASOEO $10.92
Aetna ASA $11.70
Humana TRICR $13.62
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.68
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.68
United AllPayerAppendix $13.68
United GVT $13.68
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.68
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.68
Devoted Health MCR $13.68
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.68
Wellmed MGMCR $13.68
CarePlus MGMCR $13.68
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $13.68
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $13.68
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $13.68
BCBS MCRPPO $13.95
BCBS MCRHMO $13.95
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $13.95
United MCR $13.95
Aetna MCR $14.09
Sunshine State MCR $14.36
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $14.36
Humana HMO $14.43
American Health Plan MCR $14.50
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.64
Cigna Healthspring MCR $14.64
Sunshine State MCD $15.05
Centurion GVT $15.05
Humana PPO $15.60
Longevity Health Plan MCR $16.42
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $16.42
United PPO OptionsPPO $17.16
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $17.55
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $19.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $19.50
Plotkin Health COMM $19.50
Solis Health Plan MCR $19.84
Oscar HIX $26.40
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $29.25
Simply Healthcare HIX $30.92
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $33.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $104.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $106.23
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $106.23
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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