Fatty acids nonesterified 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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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.

$0.86 with Freedom Health vs $78.66 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 $0.86 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $0.86 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.30 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1.30 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1.60 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1.90 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2.13 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $2.40 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.55 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $2.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2.60 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2.70 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $2.80 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $3.00 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $3.70 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $4.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $4.40 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.50 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $5.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $5.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $5.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $7.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $8.50 ↓ -15%
Humana TRICR $18.69 ↑ +87%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.77 ↑ +88%
United GVT $18.77 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health MCR $18.77 ↑ +88%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.77 ↑ +88%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $18.77 ↑ +88%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $18.77 ↑ +88%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $18.77 ↑ +88%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $18.77 ↑ +88%
Wellmed MGMCR $18.77 ↑ +88%
CarePlus MGMCR $18.77 ↑ +88%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $18.77 ↑ +88%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $18.77 ↑ +88%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $18.77 ↑ +88%
United MCR $19.15 ↑ +92%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $19.15 ↑ +92%
BCBS MCRHMO $19.15 ↑ +92%
BCBS MCRPPO $19.15 ↑ +92%
Aetna MCR $19.33 ↑ +93%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $19.71 ↑ +97%
Sunshine State MCR $19.71 ↑ +97%
American Health Plan MCR $19.90 ↑ +99%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $20.08 ↑ +101%
Florida Complete Care MCR $20.08 ↑ +101%
Sunshine State MCD $20.65 ↑ +107%
Centurion GVT $20.65 ↑ +107%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $22.52 ↑ +125%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $22.52 ↑ +125%
Solis Health Plan MCR $27.22 ↑ +172%
Oscar HIX $36.23 ↑ +262%
Simply Healthcare HIX $42.42 ↑ +324%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↑ +670%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +687%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +687%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Fatty acids nonesterified at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $48.75 $6.08 – $56.25
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $138.41 $17.83 – $40.09
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $289.72 $18.77 – $41.67
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $65.70 $18.77 – $34.27
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $92.30 $11.52 – $21.12
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $13.73 $17.01 – $76.63
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $12.29 $18.77 – $70.08
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $12.29 $18.77 – $70.08

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