Cholesterol 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.

$4.33 with Humana vs $736.10 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 $4.33
Devoted Health MCR $4.35
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.35
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.35
United GVT $4.35
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.35
CarePlus MGMCR $4.35
Wellmed MGMCR $4.35
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.35
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.35
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.35
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.35
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.35
United AllPayerAppendix $4.35
BCBS MCRHMO $4.44
United MCR $4.44
BCBS MCRPPO $4.44
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.44
Aetna MCR $4.48
Sunshine State MCR $4.57
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.57
American Health Plan MCR $4.61
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.65
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.65
Centurion GVT $4.79
Sunshine State MCD $4.79
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.22
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.22
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.31
Oscar HIX $8.40
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.83
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.01
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $23.49
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.49
Optimum MGMCR $74.48
Freedom Health MGMCR $74.48
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $112.58
AvMed HIX $112.58
Freedom Health MGMCD $138.56
Molina MCR $164.54
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $184.46
AvMed FullyInsured $207.84
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $220.83
AvMed Engage $225.16
AvMed Select $225.16
AvMed Empower $225.16
AvMed Flex $225.16
AvMed Focus $225.16
Molina HIX $233.82
AvMed ASOEO $242.48
Aetna ASA $259.80
Humana HMO $320.42
Humana PPO $346.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $381.04
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $389.70
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $433.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $433.00
Plotkin Health COMM $433.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $649.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $736.10
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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