Ghs fish cytogen 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

$68.00

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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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$68.00

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.

$5.85 with Freedom Health vs $57.80 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 $5.85 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $5.85 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $8.84 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $8.84 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $10.88 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $12.92 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $16.32 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $17.34 ↓ -75%
AvMed Engage $17.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $17.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $17.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $17.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $17.68 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $18.36 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $19.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $20.40 ↓ -70%
Humana TRICR $21.33 ↓ -69%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $21.42 ↓ -69%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $21.42 ↓ -69%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.42 ↓ -69%
United GVT $21.42 ↓ -69%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $21.42 ↓ -69%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $21.42 ↓ -69%
Devoted Health MCR $21.42 ↓ -69%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $21.42 ↓ -69%
Wellmed MGMCR $21.42 ↓ -69%
CarePlus MGMCR $21.42 ↓ -69%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $21.42 ↓ -69%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $21.42 ↓ -69%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $21.42 ↓ -69%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $21.85 ↓ -68%
United MCR $21.85 ↓ -68%
BCBS MCRPPO $21.85 ↓ -68%
BCBS MCRHMO $21.85 ↓ -68%
Aetna MCR $22.06 ↓ -68%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $22.49 ↓ -67%
Sunshine State MCR $22.49 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan MCR $22.71 ↓ -67%
Florida Complete Care MCR $22.92 ↓ -66%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $22.92 ↓ -66%
Centurion GVT $23.56 ↓ -65%
Sunshine State MCD $23.56 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $25.16 ↓ -63%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $25.70 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $25.70 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $27.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $29.92 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $30.60 ↓ -55%
Solis Health Plan MCR $31.06 ↓ -54%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $34.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $34.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $34.00 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $41.34 ↓ -39%
Simply Healthcare HIX $48.41 ↓ -29%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $51.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $57.80 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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