Creatine kinase 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.

$6.48 with Humana vs $801.55 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
Humana TRICR $6.48
United GVT $6.51
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.51
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.51
United AllPayerAppendix $6.51
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.51
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $6.51
Devoted Health MCR $6.51
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $6.51
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $6.51
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.51
CarePlus MGMCR $6.51
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $6.51
Wellmed MGMCR $6.51
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.64
BCBS MCRPPO $6.64
BCBS MCRHMO $6.64
United MCR $6.64
Aetna MCR $6.71
Sunshine State MCR $6.84
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.84
American Health Plan MCR $6.90
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.97
Cigna Healthspring MCR $6.97
Centurion GVT $7.16
Sunshine State MCD $7.16
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $7.81
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.81
Solis Health Plan MCR $9.44
Oscar HIX $12.56
Simply Healthcare HIX $14.71
Freedom Health MGMCR $81.10
Optimum MGMCR $81.10
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $114.05
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $116.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $116.45
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $122.59
AvMed HIX $122.59
Freedom Health MGMCD $150.88
Molina MCR $179.17
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $200.86
AvMed FullyInsured $226.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $240.47
AvMed Focus $245.18
AvMed Empower $245.18
AvMed Flex $245.18
AvMed Select $245.18
AvMed Engage $245.18
Molina HIX $254.61
AvMed ASOEO $264.04
Aetna ASA $282.90
Humana HMO $348.91
Humana PPO $377.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $414.92
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $424.35
Plotkin Health COMM $471.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $471.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $471.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $707.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $801.55
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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