Chloride 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.

$4.58 with Humana vs $450.50 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 $4.58
United GVT $4.60
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.60
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.60
United AllPayerAppendix $4.60
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.60
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.60
Devoted Health MCR $4.60
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.60
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.60
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.60
CarePlus MGMCR $4.60
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.60
Wellmed MGMCR $4.60
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.69
BCBS MCRPPO $4.69
BCBS MCRHMO $4.69
United MCR $4.69
Aetna MCR $4.74
Sunshine State MCR $4.83
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.83
American Health Plan MCR $4.88
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.92
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.92
Centurion GVT $5.06
Sunshine State MCD $5.06
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.52
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.52
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.67
Oscar HIX $8.88
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.40
Freedom Health MGMCR $45.58
Optimum MGMCR $45.58
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $49.02
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $50.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $50.05
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $68.90
AvMed HIX $68.90
Freedom Health MGMCD $84.80
Molina MCR $100.70
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $112.89
AvMed FullyInsured $127.20
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $135.15
AvMed Focus $137.80
AvMed Empower $137.80
AvMed Flex $137.80
AvMed Select $137.80
AvMed Engage $137.80
Molina HIX $143.10
AvMed ASOEO $148.40
Aetna ASA $159.00
Humana HMO $196.10
Humana PPO $212.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $233.20
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $238.50
Plotkin Health COMM $265.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $265.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $265.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $397.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $450.50
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Chloride at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $47.45 $2.73 – $27.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $116.63 $4.37 – $7.68
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $236.00 $4.60 – $10.21
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $116.63 $4.37 – $9.83
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $141.99 $4.60 – $10.21
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $99.97 $4.37 – $10.05
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $312.00 $3.68 – $48.03
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $31.16 $4.60 – $8.40

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