Lithium therapeutic drug level 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.

$6.58 with Humana vs $550.80 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
Humana TRICR $6.58
United GVT $6.61
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $6.61
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $6.61
United AllPayerAppendix $6.61
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.61
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $6.61
Devoted Health MCR $6.61
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $6.61
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $6.61
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.61
CarePlus MGMCR $6.61
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $6.61
Wellmed MGMCR $6.61
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $6.74
BCBS MCRPPO $6.74
BCBS MCRHMO $6.74
United MCR $6.74
Aetna MCR $6.81
Sunshine State MCR $6.94
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $6.94
American Health Plan MCR $7.01
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.07
Cigna Healthspring MCR $7.07
Centurion GVT $7.27
Sunshine State MCD $7.27
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $7.93
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.93
Solis Health Plan MCR $9.58
Oscar HIX $12.76
Simply Healthcare HIX $14.94
Freedom Health MGMCR $55.73
Optimum MGMCR $55.73
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $71.03
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $72.53
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $72.53
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $84.24
AvMed HIX $84.24
Freedom Health MGMCD $103.68
Molina MCR $123.12
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $138.02
AvMed FullyInsured $155.52
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $165.24
AvMed Focus $168.48
AvMed Empower $168.48
AvMed Flex $168.48
AvMed Select $168.48
AvMed Engage $168.48
Molina HIX $174.96
AvMed ASOEO $181.44
Aetna ASA $194.40
Humana HMO $239.76
Humana PPO $259.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $285.12
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $291.60
Plotkin Health COMM $324.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $324.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $324.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $486.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $550.80
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $34.45 $6.12 – $37.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $225.93 $6.28 – $11.03
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $278.33 $6.61 – $14.67
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $209.75 $6.28 – $14.12
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $192.19 $6.61 – $14.67
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $50.66 $6.28 – $14.44
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $49.24 $6.61 – $12.07
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