Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$15.00

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.

$15.00

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.

$1.29 with Freedom Health vs $33.67 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $1.29 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1.29 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.95 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1.95 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2.40 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $2.85 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3.19 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $3.60 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.83 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $3.90 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4.05 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $4.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.50 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $5.55 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $6.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $6.60 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.75 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $7.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $7.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $11.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $12.75 ↓ -15%
Humana TRICR $14.83 ↓ -1%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.90 ↓ -1%
United GVT $14.90 ↓ -1%
Devoted Health MCR $14.90 ↓ -1%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.90 ↓ -1%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.90 ↓ -1%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.90 ↓ -1%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.90 ↓ -1%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.90 ↓ -1%
Wellmed MGMCR $14.90 ↓ -1%
CarePlus MGMCR $14.90 ↓ -1%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $14.90 ↓ -1%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $14.90 ↓ -1%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $14.90 ↓ -1%
United MCR $15.20 ↑ +1%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $15.20 ↑ +1%
BCBS MCRHMO $15.20 ↑ +1%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.20 ↑ +1%
Aetna MCR $15.35 ↑ +2%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.65 ↑ +4%
Sunshine State MCR $15.65 ↑ +4%
American Health Plan MCR $15.79 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $15.94 ↑ +6%
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.94 ↑ +6%
Sunshine State MCD $16.39 ↑ +9%
Centurion GVT $16.39 ↑ +9%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.88 ↑ +19%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.88 ↑ +19%
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.61 ↑ +44%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.01 ↑ +73%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.56 ↑ +77%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $26.56 ↑ +77%
Oscar HIX $28.76 ↑ +92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $33.67 ↑ +124%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Ethylene glycol -sendout at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $45.50 $6.08 – $51.75
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $39.96 $14.16 – $24.87
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $46.94 $14.90 – $33.08
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $40.69 $14.16 – $31.82
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $105.44 $14.90 – $33.08
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $31.78 $14.16 – $32.55
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $17.00 $11.92 – $25.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $99.06 $14.90 – $27.21

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