Cytopath c/v index add-on 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.

$14.59 with Humana vs $164.46 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
Humana TRICR $14.59
Devoted Health MCR $14.65
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.65
United AllPayerAppendix $14.65
United GVT $14.65
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.65
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.65
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.65
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.65
Wellmed MGMCR $14.65
CarePlus MGMCR $14.65
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $14.65
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $14.65
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $14.65
United MCR $14.94
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.94
BCBS MCRHMO $14.94
BCBS MCRPPO $14.94
Aetna MCR $15.09
Sunshine State MCR $15.38
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.38
American Health Plan MCR $15.53
Cigna Healthspring MCR $15.68
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.68
Sunshine State MCD $16.12
Centurion GVT $16.12
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.58
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.58
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.24
Oscar HIX $28.27
Simply Healthcare HIX $33.11
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $161.07
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $164.46
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $164.46
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Cytopath c/v index add-on at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $37.70 $6.62 – $58.00
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $28.60 $6.62 – $44.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $28.60 $9.51 – $28.73
HCA FLORIDA CITRUS HOSPITAL Inverness $185.01 $13.28 – $149.10
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $66.25 $13.28 – $162.98
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES $17.53 $13.28 – $22.56
HCA FLORIDA BAYONET POINT HOSPITAL HUDSON $65.74 $13.28 – $160.23
HCA FLORIDA FAWCETT HOSPITAL FORT MYERS $47.34 $13.28 – $155.27

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