Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$5.76 with Optimum vs $164.46 with Prime Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Optimum MGMCR $5.76
Freedom Health MGMCR $5.76
AvMed HIX $8.71
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $8.71
Freedom Health MGMCD $10.72
Molina MCR $12.73
Oscar HIX $12.73
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $14.27
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.74
AvMed FullyInsured $16.08
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $17.09
AvMed Select $17.42
AvMed Focus $17.42
AvMed Flex $17.42
AvMed Engage $17.42
AvMed Empower $17.42
Molina HIX $18.09
AvMed ASOEO $18.76
Aetna ASA $20.10
Humana HMO $24.79
Humana PPO $26.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $29.48
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $30.15
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $33.50
Plotkin Health COMM $33.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $33.50
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $50.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $56.95
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

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $388.05 $12.13 – $241.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $398.24 $51.70 – $90.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $156.18 $54.42 – $120.81
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $133.44 $51.70 – $116.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $612.08 $54.42 – $120.81
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $131.71 $51.70 – $118.88
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $332.79 $54.42 – $99.37
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $388.05 $11.52 – $241.00

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →