Folic acid 5 mg/ml injection solution 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

$218.00

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.

$218.00

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.

$0.06 with Humana vs $185.30 with Multiplan — 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
Humana TRICR $0.06 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $15.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $15.04 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $18.75 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $18.75 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $28.34 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $34.88 ↓ -84%
BCBS MBN $35.32 ↓ -84%
BCBS SBN $41.20 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $41.20 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $43.82 ↓ -80%
BCBS NWB $43.82 ↓ -80%
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $52.54 ↓ -76%
BCBS PHS $52.54 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASA $65.40 ↓ -70%
United PPO OptionsPPO $95.92 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $98.10 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $109.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $109.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $109.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $163.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $185.30 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Folic acid 5 mg/ml injection solution at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $22.41 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $77.82 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $14.43 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $37.99 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $20.16 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $105.00 $0.06 – $0.08
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $342.27 not published
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $229.67 $0.06 – $0.11

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