Hemoglobin plasma 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.

$1.29 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 $1.29 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1.29 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.95 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1.95 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $2.40 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $2.85 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $3.19 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $3.60 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.83 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $3.90 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $3.90 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $4.05 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $4.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $4.50 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $5.55 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $6.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $6.60 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $6.75 ↓ -55%
Humana TRICR $7.27 ↓ -52%
United GVT $7.31 ↓ -51%
Devoted Health MCR $7.31 ↓ -51%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $7.31 ↓ -51%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $7.31 ↓ -51%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.31 ↓ -51%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $7.31 ↓ -51%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -51%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $7.31 ↓ -51%
Wellmed MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -51%
CarePlus MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -51%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $7.31 ↓ -51%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -51%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $7.31 ↓ -51%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.46 ↓ -50%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.46 ↓ -50%
BCBS MCRHMO $7.46 ↓ -50%
United MCR $7.46 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $7.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $7.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna MCR $7.53 ↓ -50%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $7.68 ↓ -49%
Sunshine State MCR $7.68 ↓ -49%
American Health Plan MCR $7.75 ↓ -48%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $7.82 ↓ -48%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.82 ↓ -48%
Sunshine State MCD $8.04 ↓ -46%
Centurion GVT $8.04 ↓ -46%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.77 ↓ -42%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $8.77 ↓ -42%
Solis Health Plan MCR $10.60 ↓ -29%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $11.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $12.75 ↓ -15%
Oscar HIX $14.11 ↓ -6%
Simply Healthcare HIX $16.52 ↑ +10%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↑ +414%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +424%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +424%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Hemoglobin plasma at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $27.30 $2.73 – $10.77
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $232.39 $6.94 – $12.20
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $232.39 $6.94 – $15.61
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $112.83 $7.31 – $16.23
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $199.19 $6.94 – $15.97
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $10.00 $5.85 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $48.97 $7.31 – $13.35
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