Heparin assay 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.

$13.04 with Humana vs $668.95 with Multiplan — 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
Humana TRICR $13.04
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $13.09
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.09
Devoted Health MCR $13.09
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $13.09
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.09
CarePlus MGMCR $13.09
Wellmed MGMCR $13.09
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.09
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $13.09
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09
United GVT $13.09
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.09
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.09
BCBS MCRHMO $13.35
BCBS MCRPPO $13.35
United MCR $13.35
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $13.35
Aetna MCR $13.48
Sunshine State MCR $13.74
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $13.74
American Health Plan MCR $13.88
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.01
Cigna Healthspring MCR $14.01
Sunshine State MCD $14.40
Centurion GVT $14.40
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.71
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $15.71
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.98
Oscar HIX $25.26
Simply Healthcare HIX $29.58
Optimum MGMCR $67.68
Freedom Health MGMCR $67.68
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $102.31
AvMed HIX $102.31
Freedom Health MGMCD $125.92
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $132.06
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $134.84
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $134.84
Molina MCR $149.53
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $167.63
AvMed FullyInsured $188.88
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $200.69
AvMed Select $204.62
AvMed Empower $204.62
AvMed Engage $204.62
AvMed Flex $204.62
AvMed Focus $204.62
Molina HIX $212.49
AvMed ASOEO $220.36
Aetna ASA $236.10
Humana HMO $291.19
Humana PPO $314.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $346.28
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $354.15
Plotkin Health COMM $393.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $393.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $393.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $590.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $668.95
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $124.15 $2.23 – $19.00
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