Hla typing a b or c 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

$580.00

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$580.00

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.

$49.88 with Optimum vs $493.00 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
Optimum MGMCR $49.88 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $49.88 ↓ -91%
Humana TRICR $57.74 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $58.00 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MCR $58.00 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $58.00 ↓ -90%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $58.00 ↓ -90%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $58.00 ↓ -90%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $58.00 ↓ -90%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $58.00 ↓ -90%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $58.00 ↓ -90%
United GVT $58.00 ↓ -90%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $58.00 ↓ -90%
CarePlus MGMCR $58.00 ↓ -90%
Wellmed MGMCR $58.00 ↓ -90%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $58.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRHMO $59.16 ↓ -90%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $59.16 ↓ -90%
United MCR $59.16 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCRPPO $59.16 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCR $59.74 ↓ -90%
Sunshine State MCR $60.90 ↓ -90%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $60.90 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $61.03 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan MCR $61.48 ↓ -89%
Florida Complete Care MCR $62.06 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $62.06 ↓ -89%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $62.31 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $62.31 ↓ -89%
Sunshine State MCD $63.80 ↓ -89%
Centurion GVT $63.80 ↓ -89%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $69.60 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $69.60 ↓ -88%
AvMed HIX $75.40 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $75.40 ↓ -87%
Solis Health Plan MCR $84.10 ↓ -86%
Freedom Health MGMCD $92.80 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $110.20 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $111.94 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $123.54 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $131.08 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $139.20 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $147.90 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $150.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $150.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $150.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $150.80 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $150.80 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $156.60 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $162.40 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $174.00 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $214.60 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $232.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $255.20 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $261.00 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $290.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $290.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $290.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $435.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $493.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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