Creatine - 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.

$4.62 with Humana vs $357.85 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 $4.62
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.64
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.64
Devoted Health MCR $4.64
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.64
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.64
CarePlus MGMCR $4.64
Wellmed MGMCR $4.64
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.64
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.64
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64
United GVT $4.64
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.64
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.64
BCBS MCRHMO $4.73
BCBS MCRPPO $4.73
United MCR $4.73
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.73
Aetna MCR $4.78
Sunshine State MCR $4.87
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.87
American Health Plan MCR $4.92
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.96
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.96
Sunshine State MCD $5.10
Centurion GVT $5.10
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.57
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.57
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.73
Oscar HIX $8.96
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.49
Optimum MGMCR $36.21
Freedom Health MGMCR $36.21
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $54.73
AvMed HIX $54.73
Freedom Health MGMCD $67.36
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Molina MCR $79.99
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $89.67
AvMed FullyInsured $101.04
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $107.36
AvMed Select $109.46
AvMed Empower $109.46
AvMed Engage $109.46
AvMed Flex $109.46
AvMed Focus $109.46
Molina HIX $113.67
AvMed ASOEO $117.88
Aetna ASA $126.30
Humana HMO $155.77
Humana PPO $168.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $185.24
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $189.45
Plotkin Health COMM $210.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $210.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $210.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $315.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $357.85
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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