Carbon dioxide 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

$680.00

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.

$680.00

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.

$4.86 with Humana vs $578.00 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 $4.86 ↓ -99%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.88 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.88 ↓ -99%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.88 ↓ -99%
CarePlus MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.88 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.88 ↓ -99%
United GVT $4.88 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.88 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.98 ↓ -99%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $5.03 ↓ -99%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.12 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MCR $5.17 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.22 ↓ -99%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.22 ↓ -99%
Centurion GVT $5.37 ↓ -99%
Sunshine State MCD $5.37 ↓ -99%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.86 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.86 ↓ -99%
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.08 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $9.42 ↓ -99%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.03 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.02 ↓ -94%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $43.92 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $43.92 ↓ -94%
Optimum MGMCR $58.48 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $58.48 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $88.40 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $88.40 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $108.80 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $129.20 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $144.84 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $163.20 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $173.40 ↓ -75%
AvMed Focus $176.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $176.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $176.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $176.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $176.80 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $183.60 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $190.40 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $204.00 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $251.60 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $272.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $299.20 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $306.00 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $340.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $340.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $340.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $510.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $578.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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martin north hospital Stuart $48.10 $2.73 – $42.00
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