Calculus analysis qual 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.

$11.53 with Humana vs $78.66 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 $11.53
Devoted Health MCR $11.58
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.58
United AllPayerAppendix $11.58
United GVT $11.58
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.58
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.58
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.58
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.58
Wellmed MGMCR $11.58
CarePlus MGMCR $11.58
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $11.58
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $11.58
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $11.58
United MCR $11.81
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.81
BCBS MCRHMO $11.81
BCBS MCRPPO $11.81
Aetna MCR $11.93
Sunshine State MCR $12.16
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.16
American Health Plan MCR $12.27
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.39
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.39
Sunshine State MCD $12.74
Centurion GVT $12.74
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.90
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.90
Solis Health Plan MCR $16.79
Oscar HIX $22.35
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.17
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Calculus analysis qual at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart not published $6.08 – $17.06
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $53.79 $11.00 – $19.33
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Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $8.82 $11.58 – $43.36
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