Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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.

$2.15 with Freedom Health vs $106.23 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 $2.15
Optimum MGMCR $2.15
AvMed HIX $3.25
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $3.25
Freedom Health MGMCD $4.00
Molina MCR $4.75
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $5.33
AvMed FullyInsured $6.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.38
AvMed Engage $6.50
AvMed Focus $6.50
AvMed Flex $6.50
AvMed Empower $6.50
AvMed Select $6.50
Molina HIX $6.75
AvMed ASOEO $7.00
Aetna ASA $7.50
Humana TRICR $8.14
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.17
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.17
United AllPayerAppendix $8.17
United GVT $8.17
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.17
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.17
Devoted Health MCR $8.17
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.17
Wellmed MGMCR $8.17
CarePlus MGMCR $8.17
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.17
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.17
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.17
United MCR $8.33
BCBS MCRHMO $8.33
BCBS MCRPPO $8.33
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.33
Aetna MCR $8.42
Sunshine State MCR $8.58
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.58
American Health Plan MCR $8.66
Florida Complete Care MCR $8.74
Cigna Healthspring MCR $8.74
Centurion GVT $8.99
Sunshine State MCD $8.99
Humana HMO $9.25
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.80
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.80
Humana PPO $10.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $11.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $11.25
Solis Health Plan MCR $11.85
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $12.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $12.50
Plotkin Health COMM $12.50
Oscar HIX $15.77
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.46
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $18.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $21.25
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $104.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $106.23
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $106.23
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $133.90 $2.73 – $43.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $96.03 $7.76 – $13.64
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $70.23 $8.17 – $18.14
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $113.19 $7.76 – $17.45
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $53.78 $8.17 – $18.14
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $60.20 $7.76 – $17.85
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $90.00 $6.54 – $101.96
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $60.32 $8.17 – $14.92

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