_fragile x methylation-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

$325.00

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.

$325.00

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.

$27.95 with Freedom Health vs $276.25 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $27.95 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $27.95 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $42.25 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $42.25 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health MCR $44.89 ↓ -86%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $44.89 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $44.89 ↓ -86%
United GVT $44.89 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $44.89 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $44.89 ↓ -86%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $44.89 ↓ -86%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $44.89 ↓ -86%
Wellmed MGMCR $44.89 ↓ -86%
CarePlus MGMCR $44.89 ↓ -86%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $44.89 ↓ -86%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $44.89 ↓ -86%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $44.89 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRPPO $45.79 ↓ -86%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $45.79 ↓ -86%
United MCR $45.79 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRHMO $45.79 ↓ -86%
Aetna MCR $46.24 ↓ -86%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $47.13 ↓ -85%
Sunshine State MCR $47.13 ↓ -85%
American Health Plan MCR $47.58 ↓ -85%
Florida Complete Care MCR $48.03 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $48.03 ↓ -85%
Centurion GVT $49.38 ↓ -85%
Sunshine State MCD $49.38 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $52.00 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $53.87 ↓ -83%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $53.87 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $61.75 ↓ -81%
Solis Health Plan MCR $65.09 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $69.22 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $78.00 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $82.88 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $84.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $84.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $84.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $84.50 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $84.50 ↓ -74%
Oscar HIX $86.64 ↓ -73%
Molina HIX $87.75 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $91.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $97.50 ↓ -70%
Simply Healthcare HIX $101.45 ↓ -69%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $109.54 ↓ -66%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $111.85 ↓ -66%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $111.85 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $120.25 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $130.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $143.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $146.25 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $162.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $162.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $162.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $243.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $276.25 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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