L/s ratio fetal lung 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

$168.00

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.

$168.00

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.

$14.45 with Freedom Health vs $142.80 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 $14.45 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $14.45 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $21.84 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $21.84 ↓ -87%
Humana TRICR $21.89 ↓ -87%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $21.99 ↓ -87%
CarePlus MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -87%
Wellmed MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -87%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $21.99 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $21.99 ↓ -87%
United GVT $21.99 ↓ -87%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $21.99 ↓ -87%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.99 ↓ -87%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -87%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $21.99 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $21.99 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health MCR $21.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.43 ↓ -87%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $22.43 ↓ -87%
United MCR $22.43 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRHMO $22.43 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $22.65 ↓ -87%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $23.09 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCR $23.09 ↓ -86%
American Health Plan MCR $23.31 ↓ -86%
Florida Complete Care MCR $23.53 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $23.53 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCD $24.19 ↓ -86%
Centurion GVT $24.19 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $26.39 ↓ -84%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $26.39 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $26.88 ↓ -84%
Solis Health Plan MCR $31.89 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $31.92 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $35.78 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $40.32 ↓ -76%
Oscar HIX $42.44 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $42.84 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $43.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $43.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $43.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $43.68 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $43.68 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $45.36 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $47.04 ↓ -72%
Simply Healthcare HIX $49.70 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $50.40 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $62.16 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $67.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $73.92 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $75.60 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↓ -54%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↓ -53%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↓ -53%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $84.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $84.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $84.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $126.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $142.80 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $128.05 $21.99 – $128.64
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