Culture anaerobic except blood 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.

$9.43 with Humana vs $1,648.15 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 $9.43
Devoted Health MCR $9.47
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $9.47
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $9.47
United GVT $9.47
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $9.47
CarePlus MGMCR $9.47
Wellmed MGMCR $9.47
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.47
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $9.47
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.47
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.47
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.47
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47
BCBS MCRHMO $9.66
United MCR $9.66
BCBS MCRPPO $9.66
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $9.66
Aetna MCR $9.75
Sunshine State MCR $9.94
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.94
American Health Plan MCR $10.04
Cigna Healthspring MCR $10.13
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.13
Centurion GVT $10.42
Sunshine State MCD $10.42
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $11.36
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.36
Solis Health Plan MCR $13.73
Oscar HIX $18.28
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.40
Freedom Health MGMCR $166.75
Optimum MGMCR $166.75
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $187.08
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $191.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $191.02
AvMed HIX $252.07
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $252.07
Freedom Health MGMCD $310.24
Molina MCR $368.41
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $413.01
AvMed FullyInsured $465.36
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $494.44
AvMed Engage $504.14
AvMed Select $504.14
AvMed Empower $504.14
AvMed Flex $504.14
AvMed Focus $504.14
Molina HIX $523.53
AvMed ASOEO $542.92
Aetna ASA $581.70
Humana HMO $717.43
Humana PPO $775.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $853.16
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $872.55
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $969.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $969.50
Plotkin Health COMM $969.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,454.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,648.15
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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