Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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.

$18.88 with Humana vs $703.80 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 $18.88
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $18.96
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.96
Devoted Health MCR $18.96
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $18.96
United Behavioral Health VACCN $18.96
CarePlus MGMCR $18.96
Wellmed MGMCR $18.96
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $18.96
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $18.96
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96
United GVT $18.96
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $18.96
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $18.96
BCBS MCRHMO $19.34
BCBS MCRPPO $19.34
United MCR $19.34
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $19.34
Aetna MCR $19.53
Sunshine State MCR $19.91
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $19.91
American Health Plan MCR $20.10
Florida Complete Care MCR $20.29
Cigna Healthspring MCR $20.29
Sunshine State MCD $20.86
Centurion GVT $20.86
Longevity Health Plan MCR $22.75
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $22.75
Solis Health Plan MCR $27.49
Oscar HIX $36.59
Simply Healthcare HIX $42.85
Optimum MGMCR $71.21
Freedom Health MGMCR $71.21
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $107.64
AvMed HIX $107.64
Freedom Health MGMCD $132.48
Molina MCR $157.32
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $176.08
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $176.36
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $179.79
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $179.79
AvMed FullyInsured $198.72
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $211.14
AvMed Select $215.28
AvMed Empower $215.28
AvMed Engage $215.28
AvMed Flex $215.28
AvMed Focus $215.28
Molina HIX $223.56
AvMed ASOEO $231.84
Aetna ASA $248.40
Humana HMO $306.36
Humana PPO $331.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $364.32
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $372.60
Plotkin Health COMM $414.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $414.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $414.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $621.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $703.80
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $118.95 $6.08 – $30.75
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $198.73 $18.01 – $31.64
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $147.08 $18.96 – $42.09
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $213.45 $18.01 – $40.50
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $292.65 $18.96 – $42.09
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $148.17 $18.01 – $41.42
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $140.33 $18.96 – $34.62
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $118.30 $5.78 – $34.85

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