Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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.

$8.04 with Humana vs $511.70 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 $8.04
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.08
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.08
Devoted Health MCR $8.08
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.08
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.08
CarePlus MGMCR $8.08
Wellmed MGMCR $8.08
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.08
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.08
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08
United GVT $8.08
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.08
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.08
BCBS MCRHMO $8.24
BCBS MCRPPO $8.24
United MCR $8.24
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.24
Aetna MCR $8.32
Sunshine State MCR $8.48
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.48
American Health Plan MCR $8.56
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.65
Cigna Healthspring MCR $8.65
Sunshine State MCD $8.89
Centurion GVT $8.89
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.70
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.70
Solis Health Plan MCR $11.72
Oscar HIX $15.59
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.26
Optimum MGMCR $51.77
Freedom Health MGMCR $51.77
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $78.26
AvMed HIX $78.26
Freedom Health MGMCD $96.32
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $98.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $100.10
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $100.10
Molina MCR $114.38
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $128.23
AvMed FullyInsured $144.48
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $153.51
AvMed Select $156.52
AvMed Empower $156.52
AvMed Engage $156.52
AvMed Flex $156.52
AvMed Focus $156.52
Molina HIX $162.54
AvMed ASOEO $168.56
Aetna ASA $180.60
Humana HMO $222.74
Humana PPO $240.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $264.88
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $270.90
Plotkin Health COMM $301.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $301.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $301.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $451.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $511.70
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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