#creutz-prot.,western blot 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.

$29.08 with Humana vs $78.66 with Prime Health — 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 $29.08
Devoted Health MCR $29.21
United Behavioral Health VACCN $29.21
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21
United GVT $29.21
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $29.21
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $29.21
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $29.21
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $29.21
Wellmed MGMCR $29.21
CarePlus MGMCR $29.21
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $29.21
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $29.21
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $29.21
United MCR $29.79
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $29.79
BCBS MCRHMO $29.79
BCBS MCRPPO $29.79
Aetna MCR $30.09
Sunshine State MCR $30.67
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $30.67
American Health Plan MCR $30.96
Cigna Healthspring MCR $31.25
Florida Complete Care MCR $31.25
Sunshine State MCD $32.13
Centurion GVT $32.13
Longevity Health Plan MCR $35.05
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $35.05
Solis Health Plan MCR $42.35
Oscar HIX $56.38
Simply Healthcare HIX $66.01
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $570.70 $14.94 – $43.04
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $101.44 $27.75 – $48.75
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $101.44 $29.21 – $64.85
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $101.44 $27.75 – $62.39
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $450.86 $29.21 – $64.85
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $86.95 $27.75 – $63.81
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $215.43 $29.21 – $53.34
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $570.70 $12.75 – $45.04

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