Chromosome study additional 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

$135.00

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.

$135.00

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.

$11.61 with Freedom Health vs $114.75 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $17.55 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $17.55 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $21.60 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $25.65 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $28.75 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $32.40 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICR $34.28 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $34.42 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health MCR $34.43 ↓ -74%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $34.43 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.43 ↓ -74%
United GVT $34.43 ↓ -74%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $34.43 ↓ -74%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $34.43 ↓ -74%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $34.43 ↓ -74%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $34.43 ↓ -74%
Wellmed MGMCR $34.43 ↓ -74%
CarePlus MGMCR $34.43 ↓ -74%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $34.43 ↓ -74%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $34.43 ↓ -74%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $34.43 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $35.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $35.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $35.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $35.10 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $35.10 ↓ -74%
BCBS MCRHMO $35.12 ↓ -74%
BCBS MCRPPO $35.12 ↓ -74%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $35.12 ↓ -74%
United MCR $35.12 ↓ -74%
Aetna MCR $35.46 ↓ -74%
Sunshine State MCR $36.15 ↓ -73%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $36.15 ↓ -73%
Molina HIX $36.45 ↓ -73%
American Health Plan MCR $36.50 ↓ -73%
Florida Complete Care MCR $36.84 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $36.84 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $37.80 ↓ -72%
Centurion GVT $37.87 ↓ -72%
Sunshine State MCD $37.87 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $40.50 ↓ -70%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $41.32 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $41.32 ↓ -69%
Solis Health Plan MCR $49.92 ↓ -63%
Humana HMO $49.95 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $54.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $59.40 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $60.75 ↓ -55%
Oscar HIX $66.45 ↓ -51%
Plotkin Health COMM $67.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $67.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $67.50 ↓ -50%
Simply Healthcare HIX $77.81 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $101.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $114.75 ↓ -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 $85.80 $23.49 – $92.25
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $318.00 $27.54 – $49.92
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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $178.75 $3.24 – $247.50
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Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $178.75 $22.07 – $247.50
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $178.75 $22.07 – $247.50

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