Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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.

$27.43 with Freedom Health vs $271.15 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $27.43
Optimum MGMCR $27.43
Humana TRICR $37.10
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $37.27
United GVT $37.27
Devoted Health MCR $37.27
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $37.27
United Behavioral Health VACCN $37.27
CarePlus MGMCR $37.27
Wellmed MGMCR $37.27
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $37.27
United AllPayerAppendix $37.27
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $37.27
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $37.27
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $37.27
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $37.27
BCBS MCRPPO $38.02
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $38.02
United MCR $38.02
BCBS MCRHMO $38.02
Aetna MCR $38.39
Sunshine State MCR $39.13
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $39.13
American Health Plan MCR $39.51
Florida Complete Care MCR $39.88
Cigna Healthspring MCR $39.88
Centurion GVT $41.00
Sunshine State MCD $41.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $41.47
AvMed HIX $41.47
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $44.72
Longevity Health Plan MCR $44.72
Freedom Health MGMCD $51.04
Solis Health Plan MCR $54.04
Molina MCR $60.61
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $67.95
Oscar HIX $71.93
AvMed FullyInsured $76.56
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $81.34
AvMed Flex $82.94
AvMed Select $82.94
AvMed Empower $82.94
AvMed Engage $82.94
AvMed Focus $82.94
Simply Healthcare HIX $84.23
Molina HIX $86.13
AvMed ASOEO $89.32
Aetna ASA $95.70
Humana HMO $118.03
Humana PPO $127.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $140.36
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $143.55
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $158.07
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $159.50
Plotkin Health COMM $159.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $159.50
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $161.40
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $161.40
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $239.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $271.15
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $225.55 $27.00 – $77.25
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Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $301.25 $37.27 – $82.74
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $101.00 $35.41 – $79.60
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $241.23 $37.27 – $82.74
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $202.14 $35.41 – $81.42
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $275.74 $37.27 – $68.06

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