Cholinesterase 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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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.

$1.20 with Freedom Health vs $18.39 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $1.20 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1.20 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.82 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1.82 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2.24 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $2.66 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2.98 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $3.36 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.57 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $3.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $3.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $3.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $3.64 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $3.64 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $3.78 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $3.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.20 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $5.18 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $5.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $6.16 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.30 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $7.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $7.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.00 ↓ -50%
Humana TRICR $7.84 ↓ -44%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.87 ↓ -44%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.87 ↓ -44%
United GVT $7.87 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health MCR $7.87 ↓ -44%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.87 ↓ -44%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $7.87 ↓ -44%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $7.87 ↓ -44%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $7.87 ↓ -44%
Wellmed MGMCR $7.87 ↓ -44%
CarePlus MGMCR $7.87 ↓ -44%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $7.87 ↓ -44%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $7.87 ↓ -44%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $7.87 ↓ -44%
BCBS MCRHMO $8.03 ↓ -43%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.03 ↓ -43%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.03 ↓ -43%
United MCR $8.03 ↓ -43%
Aetna MCR $8.11 ↓ -42%
Sunshine State MCR $8.26 ↓ -41%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.26 ↓ -41%
American Health Plan MCR $8.34 ↓ -40%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $8.42 ↓ -40%
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.42 ↓ -40%
Sunshine State MCD $8.66 ↓ -38%
Centurion GVT $8.66 ↓ -38%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -33%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.44 ↓ -33%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $10.50 ↓ -25%
Solis Health Plan MCR $11.41 ↓ -19%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $11.90 ↓ -15%
Oscar HIX $15.19 ↑ +9%
Simply Healthcare HIX $17.79 ↑ +27%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.01 ↑ +29%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $18.39 ↑ +31%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.39 ↑ +31%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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martin north hospital Stuart $13.65 $2.73 – $15.75
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $121.47 $7.87 – $17.47
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $52.31 $7.87 – $14.37
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Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $26.00 $2.85 – $36.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $36.40 $7.87 – $23.51

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