Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis 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

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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.

$28.64 with Optimum vs $283.05 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 $28.64
Freedom Health MGMCR $28.64
Humana TRICR $42.65
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $42.84
Devoted Health MCR $42.84
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $42.84
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $42.84
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $42.84
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $42.84
United AllPayerAppendix $42.84
United Behavioral Health VACCN $42.84
CarePlus MGMCR $42.84
Wellmed MGMCR $42.84
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $42.84
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $42.84
United GVT $42.84
AvMed HIX $43.29
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $43.29
BCBS MCRPPO $43.70
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $43.70
United MCR $43.70
BCBS MCRHMO $43.70
Aetna MCR $44.13
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $44.98
Sunshine State MCR $44.98
American Health Plan MCR $45.41
Florida Complete Care MCR $45.84
Cigna Healthspring MCR $45.84
Sunshine State MCD $47.12
Centurion GVT $47.12
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $51.41
Longevity Health Plan MCR $51.41
Freedom Health MGMCD $53.28
Solis Health Plan MCR $62.12
Molina MCR $63.27
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $70.93
AvMed FullyInsured $79.92
Oscar HIX $82.68
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $84.92
AvMed Focus $86.58
AvMed Select $86.58
AvMed Empower $86.58
AvMed Engage $86.58
AvMed Flex $86.58
Molina HIX $89.91
AvMed ASOEO $93.24
Simply Healthcare HIX $96.82
Aetna ASA $99.90
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $105.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $107.26
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $107.26
Humana HMO $123.21
Humana PPO $133.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $146.52
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $149.85
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $166.50
Plotkin Health COMM $166.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $166.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $249.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $283.05
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 quantification hepatitis c at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $86.45 $27.00 – $98.25
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $193.94 $40.70 – $71.50
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $134.95 $42.84 – $95.10
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $193.94 $40.70 – $91.50
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $661.24 $42.84 – $95.10
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $171.90 $40.70 – $93.58
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $846.00 $34.27 – $102.94
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $316.36 $42.84 – $78.23

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