Crystal identification light microscopy 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.

$7.29 with Humana vs $370.60 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 $7.29
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $7.33
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.33
Devoted Health MCR $7.33
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $7.33
United Behavioral Health VACCN $7.33
CarePlus MGMCR $7.33
Wellmed MGMCR $7.33
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $7.33
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $7.33
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33
United GVT $7.33
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $7.33
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.33
BCBS MCRHMO $7.48
BCBS MCRPPO $7.48
United MCR $7.48
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.48
Aetna MCR $7.55
Sunshine State MCR $7.70
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $7.70
American Health Plan MCR $7.77
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.84
Cigna Healthspring MCR $7.84
Sunshine State MCD $8.06
Centurion GVT $8.06
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.80
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $8.80
Solis Health Plan MCR $10.63
Oscar HIX $14.15
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.57
Optimum MGMCR $37.50
Freedom Health MGMCR $37.50
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $56.68
AvMed HIX $56.68
Freedom Health MGMCD $69.76
Molina MCR $82.84
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $92.87
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $95.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $97.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $97.04
AvMed FullyInsured $104.64
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $111.18
AvMed Select $113.36
AvMed Empower $113.36
AvMed Engage $113.36
AvMed Flex $113.36
AvMed Focus $113.36
Molina HIX $117.72
AvMed ASOEO $122.08
Aetna ASA $130.80
Humana HMO $161.32
Humana PPO $174.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $191.84
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $196.20
Plotkin Health COMM $218.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $218.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $218.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $327.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $370.60
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $104.00 $2.46 – $160.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.41 $6.96 – $12.23
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $217.41 $7.33 – $16.27
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $220.69 $6.96 – $15.66
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $148.96 $7.33 – $16.27
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $186.35 $6.96 – $16.01
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $54.16 $7.33 – $13.38
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