Cortisol acth stimulation test - 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

$186.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$186.00

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.

$16.00 with Optimum vs $158.10 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
Optimum MGMCR $16.00 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $16.00 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $24.18 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $24.18 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $29.76 ↓ -84%
Humana TRICR $32.48 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health MCR $32.62 ↓ -82%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $32.62 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $32.62 ↓ -82%
United GVT $32.62 ↓ -82%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $32.62 ↓ -82%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $32.62 ↓ -82%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $32.62 ↓ -82%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $32.62 ↓ -82%
Wellmed MGMCR $32.62 ↓ -82%
CarePlus MGMCR $32.62 ↓ -82%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $32.62 ↓ -82%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $32.62 ↓ -82%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $32.62 ↓ -82%
United MCR $33.27 ↓ -82%
BCBS MCRPPO $33.27 ↓ -82%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $33.27 ↓ -82%
BCBS MCRHMO $33.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna MCR $33.60 ↓ -82%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $34.25 ↓ -82%
Sunshine State MCR $34.25 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan MCR $34.58 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $34.90 ↓ -81%
Florida Complete Care MCR $34.90 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $35.34 ↓ -81%
Sunshine State MCD $35.88 ↓ -81%
Centurion GVT $35.88 ↓ -81%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $39.14 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $39.14 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $39.62 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $44.64 ↓ -76%
Solis Health Plan MCR $47.30 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $47.43 ↓ -75%
AvMed Focus $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $48.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $48.36 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $50.22 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $52.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $55.80 ↓ -70%
Oscar HIX $62.96 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $68.82 ↓ -63%
Simply Healthcare HIX $73.72 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $74.40 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $81.84 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $83.70 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $93.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $93.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $93.00 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $139.06 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $139.50 ↓ -25%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $141.99 ↓ -24%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $141.99 ↓ -24%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $158.10 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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