Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout 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.

$1.38 with Freedom Health vs $138.99 with Simply Healthcare — 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 $1.38
Optimum MGMCR $1.38
AvMed HIX $2.08
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2.08
Freedom Health MGMCD $2.56
Molina MCR $3.04
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3.41
AvMed FullyInsured $3.84
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.08
AvMed Empower $4.16
AvMed Flex $4.16
AvMed Engage $4.16
AvMed Select $4.16
AvMed Focus $4.16
Molina HIX $4.32
AvMed ASOEO $4.48
Aetna ASA $4.80
Humana HMO $5.92
Humana PPO $6.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $7.04
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $7.20
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $8.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $8.00
Plotkin Health COMM $8.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $12.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $13.60
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $24.01
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.51
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $24.51
Humana TRICR $61.23
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $61.50
United GVT $61.50
Devoted Health MCR $61.50
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $61.50
United AllPayerAppendix $61.50
United Behavioral Health VACCN $61.50
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $61.50
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $61.50
Wellmed MGMCR $61.50
CarePlus MGMCR $61.50
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $61.50
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $61.50
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $61.50
BCBS MCRPPO $62.73
BCBS MCRHMO $62.73
United MCR $62.73
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $62.73
Aetna MCR $63.34
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $64.58
Sunshine State MCR $64.58
American Health Plan MCR $65.19
Cigna Healthspring MCR $65.81
Florida Complete Care MCR $65.81
Centurion GVT $67.65
Sunshine State MCD $67.65
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $73.80
Longevity Health Plan MCR $73.80
Solis Health Plan MCR $89.17
Oscar HIX $118.69
Simply Healthcare HIX $138.99
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $229.45 $14.09 – $136.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $186.89 $58.42 – $102.64
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $213.59 $61.50 – $136.53
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $186.89 $58.42 – $131.36
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $949.25 $61.50 – $136.53
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $119.20 $58.42 – $134.35
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $72.00 $23.05 – $89.17
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $410.70 $61.50 – $112.30

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