Heparin-protamine tolerance 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

$84.00

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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$84.00

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.

$7.22 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 $7.22 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $7.22 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $10.92 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $10.92 ↓ -87%
Humana TRICR $13.04 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health MCR $13.09 ↓ -84%
Wellmed MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -84%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.09 ↓ -84%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.09 ↓ -84%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09 ↓ -84%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $13.09 ↓ -84%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -84%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $13.09 ↓ -84%
CarePlus MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -84%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.09 ↓ -84%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.09 ↓ -84%
United GVT $13.09 ↓ -84%
United MCR $13.35 ↓ -84%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $13.35 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.35 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRHMO $13.35 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $13.44 ↓ -84%
Aetna MCR $13.48 ↓ -84%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $13.74 ↓ -84%
Sunshine State MCR $13.74 ↓ -84%
American Health Plan MCR $13.88 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $14.01 ↓ -83%
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.01 ↓ -83%
Centurion GVT $14.40 ↓ -83%
Sunshine State MCD $14.40 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $15.71 ↓ -81%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.71 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $15.96 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $17.89 ↓ -79%
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.98 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $20.16 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $21.42 ↓ -75%
AvMed Engage $21.84 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $21.84 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $21.84 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $21.84 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $21.84 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $22.68 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $23.52 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $25.20 ↓ -70%
Oscar HIX $25.26 ↓ -70%
Simply Healthcare HIX $29.58 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $31.08 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $33.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $36.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $37.80 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $42.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $42.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $42.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $63.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $71.40 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $102.05 ↑ +21%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $104.20 ↑ +24%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $104.20 ↑ +24%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Heparin-protamine tolerance at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart not published $2.23 – $19.29
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $28.60 $13.09 – $28.73
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $242.75 $11.86 – $103.25
HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL Palatka $289.25 $11.86 – $97.01
OVIEDO MEDICAL CENTER Oviedo $221.28 $11.86 – $100.15
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $12.44 – $21.85
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $13.09 – $29.06
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast not published $12.44 – $27.96

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