Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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.

$1.55 with Freedom Health vs $78.66 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 $1.55 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1.55 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $2.34 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2.34 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2.88 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $3.42 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3.83 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $4.32 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.59 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $4.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $4.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $4.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $4.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $4.68 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4.86 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $5.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $5.40 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $6.66 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $7.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $7.92 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $8.10 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $9.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $9.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $9.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $13.50 ↓ -25%
Humana TRICR $14.65 ↓ -19%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.71 ↓ -18%
United GVT $14.71 ↓ -18%
Devoted Health MCR $14.71 ↓ -18%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.71 ↓ -18%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.71 ↓ -18%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.71 ↓ -18%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -18%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.71 ↓ -18%
Wellmed MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -18%
CarePlus MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -18%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $14.71 ↓ -18%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -18%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $14.71 ↓ -18%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.00 ↓ -17%
United MCR $15.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS MCRHMO $15.00 ↓ -17%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $15.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna MCR $15.15 ↓ -16%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $15.30 ↓ -15%
Sunshine State MCR $15.45 ↓ -14%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.45 ↓ -14%
American Health Plan MCR $15.59 ↓ -13%
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.74 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $15.74 ↓ -13%
Centurion GVT $16.18 ↓ -10%
Sunshine State MCD $16.18 ↓ -10%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.65 ↓ -2%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.65 ↓ -2%
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.33 ↑ +19%
Oscar HIX $28.39 ↑ +58%
Simply Healthcare HIX $33.24 ↑ +85%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↑ +328%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +337%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +337%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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