Gastric analy w/ph ea spec 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

$70.00

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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.

$70.00

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.

$6.02 with Optimum vs $78.66 with Prime Health — 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
Optimum MGMCR $6.02 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $6.02 ↓ -91%
Humana TRICR $6.68 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.71 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MCR $6.71 ↓ -90%
United GVT $6.71 ↓ -90%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $6.71 ↓ -90%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $6.71 ↓ -90%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.71 ↓ -90%
CarePlus MGMCR $6.71 ↓ -90%
Wellmed MGMCR $6.71 ↓ -90%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $6.71 ↓ -90%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $6.71 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.71 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.71 ↓ -90%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.71 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.84 ↓ -90%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.84 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.84 ↓ -90%
United MCR $6.84 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCR $6.91 ↓ -90%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $7.05 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCR $7.05 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan MCR $7.11 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $7.18 ↓ -90%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.18 ↓ -90%
Centurion GVT $7.38 ↓ -89%
Sunshine State MCD $7.38 ↓ -89%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.05 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $8.05 ↓ -89%
AvMed HIX $9.10 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $9.10 ↓ -87%
Solis Health Plan MCR $9.73 ↓ -86%
Freedom Health MGMCD $11.20 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $12.95 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $13.30 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $14.91 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.16 ↓ -78%
AvMed FullyInsured $16.80 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $17.85 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $18.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $18.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $18.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $18.20 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $18.20 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $18.90 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $19.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $21.00 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $25.90 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $28.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $30.80 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $31.50 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $35.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $35.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $35.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $52.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $59.50 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↑ +10%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +12%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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