E coli 0157 ag ia 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.

$5.07 with Freedom Health vs $107.26 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $5.07
Optimum MGMCR $5.07
AvMed HIX $7.67
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $7.67
Freedom Health MGMCD $9.44
Molina MCR $11.21
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $12.57
Humana TRICR $12.60
Devoted Health MCR $12.66
United Behavioral Health VACCN $12.66
United AllPayerAppendix $12.66
United GVT $12.66
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $12.66
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $12.66
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $12.66
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $12.66
Wellmed MGMCR $12.66
CarePlus MGMCR $12.66
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $12.66
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $12.66
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $12.66
United MCR $12.91
BCBS MCRHMO $12.91
BCBS MCRPPO $12.91
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $12.91
Aetna MCR $13.04
Sunshine State MCR $13.29
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $13.29
American Health Plan MCR $13.42
Cigna Healthspring MCR $13.55
Florida Complete Care MCR $13.55
Centurion GVT $13.93
Sunshine State MCD $13.93
AvMed FullyInsured $14.16
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $15.04
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.19
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $15.19
AvMed Focus $15.34
AvMed Select $15.34
AvMed Empower $15.34
AvMed Engage $15.34
AvMed Flex $15.34
Molina HIX $15.93
AvMed ASOEO $16.52
Aetna ASA $17.70
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.36
Humana HMO $21.83
Humana PPO $23.60
Oscar HIX $24.43
United PPO OptionsPPO $25.96
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $26.55
Simply Healthcare HIX $28.61
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $29.50
Plotkin Health COMM $29.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $29.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $44.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $50.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $105.05
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $107.26
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $107.26
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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E coli 0157 ag ia at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $24.70 $4.23 – $28.50
indian river hospital Vero Beach $24.70 $4.02 – $30.40
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $12.03 – $21.13
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $12.66 – $28.11
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast not published $12.03 – $27.04
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $12.66 – $28.11
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach not published $12.03 – $27.66
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