Gastrin 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

$105.00

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.

$105.00

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.

$9.03 with Optimum vs $89.25 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
Optimum MGMCR $9.03 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $9.03 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $13.65 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $13.65 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $16.80 ↓ -84%
Humana TRICR $17.62 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health MCR $17.69 ↓ -83%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $17.69 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.69 ↓ -83%
United GVT $17.69 ↓ -83%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $17.69 ↓ -83%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.69 ↓ -83%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $17.69 ↓ -83%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $17.69 ↓ -83%
Wellmed MGMCR $17.69 ↓ -83%
CarePlus MGMCR $17.69 ↓ -83%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $17.69 ↓ -83%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $17.69 ↓ -83%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $17.69 ↓ -83%
United MCR $18.04 ↓ -83%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.04 ↓ -83%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $18.04 ↓ -83%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.04 ↓ -83%
Aetna MCR $18.22 ↓ -83%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $18.57 ↓ -82%
Sunshine State MCR $18.57 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan MCR $18.75 ↓ -82%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $18.93 ↓ -82%
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.93 ↓ -82%
Sunshine State MCD $19.46 ↓ -81%
Centurion GVT $19.46 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $19.95 ↓ -81%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $21.23 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $21.23 ↓ -80%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $22.36 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $25.20 ↓ -76%
Solis Health Plan MCR $25.65 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $26.77 ↓ -75%
AvMed Focus $27.30 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $27.30 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $27.30 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $27.30 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $27.30 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $28.35 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $29.40 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $31.50 ↓ -70%
Oscar HIX $34.14 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $38.85 ↓ -63%
Simply Healthcare HIX $39.98 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $42.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $46.20 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $47.25 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $52.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $52.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $52.50 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↓ -27%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↓ -25%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $78.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $89.25 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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