Heavy metal qual any number 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.

$2.67 with Freedom Health 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $2.67
Optimum MGMCR $2.67
AvMed HIX $4.03
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $4.03
Freedom Health MGMCD $4.96
Molina MCR $5.89
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $6.60
AvMed FullyInsured $7.44
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $7.91
AvMed Empower $8.06
AvMed Flex $8.06
AvMed Engage $8.06
AvMed Select $8.06
AvMed Focus $8.06
Molina HIX $8.37
AvMed ASOEO $8.68
Aetna ASA $9.30
Humana HMO $11.47
Humana PPO $12.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $13.64
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $13.95
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $15.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $15.50
Plotkin Health COMM $15.50
Humana TRICR $20.85
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $20.94
United AllPayerAppendix $20.94
United GVT $20.94
Devoted Health MCR $20.94
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $20.94
United Behavioral Health VACCN $20.94
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $20.94
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $20.94
Wellmed MGMCR $20.94
CarePlus MGMCR $20.94
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $20.94
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $20.94
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $20.94
BCBS MCRHMO $21.36
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $21.36
BCBS MCRPPO $21.36
United MCR $21.36
Aetna MCR $21.57
Sunshine State MCR $21.99
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $21.99
American Health Plan MCR $22.20
Cigna Healthspring MCR $22.41
Florida Complete Care MCR $22.41
Sunshine State MCD $23.03
Centurion GVT $23.03
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $23.25
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $25.13
Longevity Health Plan MCR $25.13
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $26.35
Solis Health Plan MCR $30.36
Oscar HIX $40.41
Simply Healthcare HIX $47.32
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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