Culture afb any source 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.

$8.60 with Optimum vs $339.14 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
Optimum MGMCR $8.60
Freedom Health MGMCR $8.60
Humana TRICR $10.76
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.80
Devoted Health MCR $10.80
United GVT $10.80
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $10.80
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $10.80
United Behavioral Health VACCN $10.80
CarePlus MGMCR $10.80
Wellmed MGMCR $10.80
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $10.80
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $10.80
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.80
United AllPayerAppendix $10.80
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $10.80
BCBS MCRPPO $11.02
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.02
BCBS MCRHMO $11.02
United MCR $11.02
Aetna MCR $11.12
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $11.34
Sunshine State MCR $11.34
American Health Plan MCR $11.45
Cigna Healthspring MCR $11.56
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.56
Centurion GVT $11.88
Sunshine State MCD $11.88
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.96
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $12.96
AvMed HIX $13.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $13.00
Solis Health Plan MCR $15.66
Freedom Health MGMCD $16.00
Molina MCR $19.00
Oscar HIX $20.84
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $21.30
AvMed FullyInsured $24.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $24.41
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $25.50
AvMed Flex $26.00
AvMed Select $26.00
AvMed Empower $26.00
AvMed Engage $26.00
AvMed Focus $26.00
Molina HIX $27.00
AvMed ASOEO $28.00
Aetna ASA $30.00
Humana HMO $37.00
Humana PPO $40.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $44.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $45.00
Plotkin Health COMM $50.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $50.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $50.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $75.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $85.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $332.15
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $339.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $339.14
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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