Heinz bodies direct 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

$21.32

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.

$21.32

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.

$1.83 with Freedom Health vs $104.20 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 $1.83 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1.83 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $2.77 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2.77 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $3.41 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $4.05 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICR $4.18 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health MCR $4.20 ↓ -80%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.20 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.20 ↓ -80%
United GVT $4.20 ↓ -80%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.20 ↓ -80%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.20 ↓ -80%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.20 ↓ -80%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.20 ↓ -80%
Wellmed MGMCR $4.20 ↓ -80%
CarePlus MGMCR $4.20 ↓ -80%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.20 ↓ -80%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.20 ↓ -80%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.20 ↓ -80%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.28 ↓ -80%
United MCR $4.28 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.28 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna MCR $4.33 ↓ -80%
Sunshine State MCR $4.41 ↓ -79%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.41 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan MCR $4.45 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.49 ↓ -79%
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.49 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $4.54 ↓ -79%
Centurion GVT $4.62 ↓ -78%
Sunshine State MCD $4.62 ↓ -78%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.04 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.04 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $5.12 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $5.44 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $5.54 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $5.54 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $5.54 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $5.54 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $5.54 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $5.76 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $5.97 ↓ -72%
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.09 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $6.40 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $7.89 ↓ -63%
Oscar HIX $8.11 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $8.53 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $9.38 ↓ -56%
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.49 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $9.59 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $10.66 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $10.66 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $10.66 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $15.99 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $18.12 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $102.05 ↑ +379%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $104.20 ↑ +389%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $104.20 ↑ +389%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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