Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique 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.

$26.14 with Freedom Health vs $258.40 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 $26.14
Optimum MGMCR $26.14
AvMed HIX $39.52
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $39.52
Freedom Health MGMCD $48.64
BCBS MBN $49.25
BCBS SBN $57.46
BCBS HMO $57.46
Oscar HIX $57.76
Molina MCR $57.76
BCBS PPO $61.10
BCBS NWB $61.10
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $64.75
Simply Healthcare HIX $71.44
AvMed FullyInsured $72.96
BCBS PHS $73.26
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $73.26
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $77.52
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $78.03
AvMed Focus $79.04
AvMed Select $79.04
AvMed Empower $79.04
AvMed Engage $79.04
AvMed Flex $79.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $79.68
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $79.68
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $79.95
Molina HIX $82.08
AvMed ASOEO $85.12
Aetna ASA $91.20
Cigna HMO $106.70
Cigna PPO $106.70
Humana HMO $112.48
Humana PPO $121.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $133.76
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $136.80
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
Plotkin Health COMM $152.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $152.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $152.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $228.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $258.40
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $182.65 $71.00 – $195.71
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $372.42 $169.02 – $296.94
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $899.33 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $363.32 $169.02 – $380.01
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $531.02 $177.91 – $394.97
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $319.22 $169.02 – $388.65
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $1,101.73 $177.91 – $324.87
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $182.65 $15.07 – $238.85

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