Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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

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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.

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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.

$1.63 with Freedom Health vs $32.43 with Simply Healthcare — 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 $1.63
Optimum MGMCR $1.63
AvMed HIX $2.47
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2.47
Freedom Health MGMCD $3.04
Molina MCR $3.61
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $4.05
AvMed FullyInsured $4.56
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.84
AvMed Empower $4.94
AvMed Flex $4.94
AvMed Engage $4.94
AvMed Select $4.94
AvMed Focus $4.94
Molina HIX $5.13
AvMed ASOEO $5.32
Aetna ASA $5.70
Humana HMO $7.03
Humana PPO $7.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $8.36
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $8.55
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $9.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $9.50
Plotkin Health COMM $9.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $14.25
Humana TRICR $14.29
United AllPayerAppendix $14.35
United GVT $14.35
Devoted Health MCR $14.35
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.35
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.35
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.35
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.35
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.35
Wellmed MGMCR $14.35
CarePlus MGMCR $14.35
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $14.35
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $14.35
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $14.35
BCBS MCRPPO $14.64
United MCR $14.64
BCBS MCRHMO $14.64
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.64
Aetna MCR $14.78
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.07
Sunshine State MCR $15.07
American Health Plan MCR $15.21
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.35
Cigna Healthspring MCR $15.35
Sunshine State MCD $15.79
Centurion GVT $15.79
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $16.15
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.22
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.22
Solis Health Plan MCR $20.81
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.01
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $25.54
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $25.54
Oscar HIX $27.70
Simply Healthcare HIX $32.43
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $281.45 $6.03 – $433.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $157.51 $13.63 – $23.95
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $221.50 $14.35 – $31.86
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $115.06 $13.63 – $31.35
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $10.00 $11.48 – $24.51
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $50.23 $14.35 – $26.20
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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $20.15 $4.86 – $27.90

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