Galactose transferase test 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

$204.00

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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$204.00

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.

$11.69 with Humana vs $173.40 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 $11.69 ↓ -94%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $11.74 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.74 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MCR $11.74 ↓ -94%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $11.74 ↓ -94%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.74 ↓ -94%
CarePlus MGMCR $11.74 ↓ -94%
Wellmed MGMCR $11.74 ↓ -94%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.74 ↓ -94%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $11.74 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.74 ↓ -94%
United GVT $11.74 ↓ -94%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.74 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.74 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.97 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.97 ↓ -94%
United MCR $11.97 ↓ -94%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $12.09 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCR $12.33 ↓ -94%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.33 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MCR $12.44 ↓ -94%
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.56 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.56 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCD $12.91 ↓ -94%
Centurion GVT $12.91 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $14.09 ↓ -93%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $14.09 ↓ -93%
Solis Health Plan MCR $17.02 ↓ -92%
Optimum MGMCR $17.54 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $17.54 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $22.66 ↓ -89%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $26.52 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $26.52 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.53 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $32.64 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $38.76 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $43.45 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $48.96 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $52.02 ↓ -75%
AvMed Focus $53.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $53.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $53.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $53.04 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $53.04 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $55.08 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $57.12 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $61.20 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $75.48 ↓ -63%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↓ -62%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↓ -61%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↓ -61%
Humana PPO $81.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $89.76 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $91.80 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $102.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $102.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $102.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $153.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $173.40 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Galactose transferase test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $15.60 $6.08 – $18.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $15.60 $5.62 – $21.69
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $26.65 $11.74 – $26.77
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $13.35 $10.64 – $76.63
HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL Sebring $206.04 $11.74 – $69.27
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $11.15 – $19.59
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $11.74 – $26.06
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast not published $11.15 – $25.08

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