Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) 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.

$0.19 with Freedom Health vs $91.94 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 $0.19
Optimum MGMCR $0.19
AvMed HIX $0.29
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $0.29
Freedom Health MGMCD $0.36
Molina MCR $0.43
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $0.48
AvMed FullyInsured $0.54
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $0.57
AvMed Empower $0.58
AvMed Flex $0.58
AvMed Engage $0.58
AvMed Select $0.58
AvMed Focus $0.58
Molina HIX $0.61
AvMed ASOEO $0.63
Aetna ASA $0.68
Humana HMO $0.83
Humana PPO $0.90
United PPO OptionsPPO $0.99
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1.01
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1.13
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1.13
Plotkin Health COMM $1.13
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1.69
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1.91
Humana TRICR $6.01
United AllPayerAppendix $6.04
United GVT $6.04
Devoted Health MCR $6.04
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.04
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.04
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.04
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.04
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $6.04
Wellmed MGMCR $6.04
CarePlus MGMCR $6.04
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $6.04
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $6.04
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $6.04
United MCR $6.16
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.16
BCBS MCRHMO $6.16
BCBS MCRPPO $6.16
Aetna MCR $6.22
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.34
Sunshine State MCR $6.34
American Health Plan MCR $6.40
Cigna Healthspring MCR $6.46
Florida Complete Care MCR $6.46
Sunshine State MCD $6.64
Centurion GVT $6.64
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $7.25
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.25
Solis Health Plan MCR $8.76
Oscar HIX $11.66
Simply Healthcare HIX $13.65
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $90.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $91.94
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $91.94
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $78.65 $2.73 – $8.90
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $163.75 $5.74 – $10.08
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $490.96 $6.04 – $13.41
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $163.75 $5.74 – $12.90
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $196.55 $6.04 – $13.41
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $140.36 $5.74 – $13.19
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $44.32 $6.04 – $11.03
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