Culture urine each isolate 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.

$8.05 with Humana vs $321.30 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 $8.05
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.09
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.09
Devoted Health MCR $8.09
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.09
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.09
CarePlus MGMCR $8.09
Wellmed MGMCR $8.09
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.09
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.09
United AllPayerAppendix $8.09
United GVT $8.09
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.09
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.09
BCBS MCRHMO $8.25
BCBS MCRPPO $8.25
United MCR $8.25
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.25
Aetna MCR $8.33
Sunshine State MCR $8.49
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.49
American Health Plan MCR $8.58
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.66
Cigna Healthspring MCR $8.66
Sunshine State MCD $8.90
Centurion GVT $8.90
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.71
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.71
Solis Health Plan MCR $11.73
Oscar HIX $15.61
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.28
Optimum MGMCR $32.51
Freedom Health MGMCR $32.51
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $49.14
AvMed HIX $49.14
Freedom Health MGMCD $60.48
Molina MCR $71.82
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $80.51
AvMed FullyInsured $90.72
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $96.39
AvMed Focus $98.28
AvMed Select $98.28
AvMed Empower $98.28
AvMed Engage $98.28
AvMed Flex $98.28
Molina HIX $102.06
AvMed ASOEO $105.84
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $110.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $112.36
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $112.36
Aetna ASA $113.40
Humana HMO $139.86
Humana PPO $151.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $166.32
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $170.10
Plotkin Health COMM $189.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $189.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $189.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $283.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $321.30
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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