Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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

$41.00

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.

$41.00

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.

$3.53 with Freedom Health vs $60.27 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 $3.53 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $3.53 ↓ -91%
Humana TRICR $5.07 ↓ -88%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $5.10 ↓ -88%
United GVT $5.10 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MCR $5.10 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.10 ↓ -88%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5.10 ↓ -88%
CarePlus MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -88%
Wellmed MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -88%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.10 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.10 ↓ -88%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $5.10 ↓ -88%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -88%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.10 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.20 ↓ -87%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.20 ↓ -87%
United MCR $5.20 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRHMO $5.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $5.25 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $5.33 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $5.33 ↓ -87%
Sunshine State MCR $5.35 ↓ -87%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.35 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan MCR $5.41 ↓ -87%
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.46 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.46 ↓ -87%
Centurion GVT $5.61 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCD $5.61 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $6.12 ↓ -85%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.12 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $6.56 ↓ -84%
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.39 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $7.79 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $8.73 ↓ -79%
Oscar HIX $9.84 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $9.84 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $10.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $10.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $10.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $10.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $10.66 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $10.66 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $11.07 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $11.48 ↓ -72%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.53 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $12.30 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $15.17 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $16.40 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $18.04 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $18.45 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $20.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $20.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $20.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $30.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $34.85 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $59.02 ↑ +44%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $60.27 ↑ +47%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $60.27 ↑ +47%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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