Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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.

$2.30 with Optimum vs $140.44 with Simply Healthcare — 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 $2.30
Freedom Health MGMCR $2.30
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $3.48
AvMed HIX $3.48
Freedom Health MGMCD $4.28
Molina MCR $5.09
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $5.70
AvMed FullyInsured $6.43
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.83
AvMed Empower $6.96
AvMed Select $6.96
AvMed Focus $6.96
AvMed Flex $6.96
AvMed Engage $6.96
Molina HIX $7.23
AvMed ASOEO $7.50
Aetna ASA $8.03
Humana HMO $9.91
Humana PPO $10.71
United PPO OptionsPPO $11.78
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $12.05
Plotkin Health COMM $13.39
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $13.39
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $13.39
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $20.09
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $22.76
Humana TRICR $61.87
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $62.14
United Behavioral Health VACCN $62.14
United AllPayerAppendix $62.14
United GVT $62.14
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $62.14
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $62.14
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $62.14
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $62.14
Wellmed MGMCR $62.14
CarePlus MGMCR $62.14
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $62.14
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $62.14
Devoted Health MCR $62.14
BCBS MCRHMO $63.38
BCBS MCRPPO $63.38
United MCR $63.38
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $63.38
Aetna MCR $64.00
Sunshine State MCR $65.25
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $65.25
American Health Plan MCR $65.87
Florida Complete Care MCR $66.49
Cigna Healthspring MCR $66.49
Sunshine State MCD $68.35
Centurion GVT $68.35
Longevity Health Plan MCR $74.57
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $74.57
Solis Health Plan MCR $90.10
Oscar HIX $119.93
Simply Healthcare HIX $140.44
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $311.35 $18.75 – $68.35
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,534.26 $59.03 – $103.71
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $661.44 $62.14 – $137.95
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,618.33 $59.03 – $132.72
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $1,128.29 $62.14 – $137.95
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,052.77 $59.03 – $135.74
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $117.00 $49.71 – $90.10
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $459.16 $62.14 – $113.47

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