Liver Function Test 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.

$8.14 with Humana vs $2,453.10 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 $8.14
United GVT $8.17
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.17
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.17
United AllPayerAppendix $8.17
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.17
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.17
Devoted Health MCR $8.17
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.17
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.17
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.17
CarePlus MGMCR $8.17
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.17
Wellmed MGMCR $8.17
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.33
BCBS MCRPPO $8.33
BCBS MCRHMO $8.33
United 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
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $9.80
Longevity Health Plan MCR $9.80
Solis Health Plan MCR $11.85
Oscar HIX $15.77
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.46
Freedom Health MGMCR $248.20
Optimum MGMCR $248.20
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $265.12
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $270.70
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $270.70
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $375.18
AvMed HIX $375.18
Freedom Health MGMCD $461.76
Molina MCR $548.34
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $614.72
AvMed FullyInsured $692.64
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $735.93
AvMed Focus $750.36
AvMed Empower $750.36
AvMed Flex $750.36
AvMed Select $750.36
AvMed Engage $750.36
Molina HIX $779.22
AvMed ASOEO $808.08
Aetna ASA $865.80
Humana HMO $1,067.82
Humana PPO $1,154.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,269.84
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,298.70
Plotkin Health COMM $1,443.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,443.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,443.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,164.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,453.10
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Liver Function Test at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $256.75 $4.54 – $296.25
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $227.23 $7.76 – $13.64
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,090.95 $8.17 – $18.14
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $227.23 $7.76 – $17.45
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $714.68 $8.17 – $18.14
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $216.41 $7.76 – $17.85
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,094.00 $6.54 – $259.80
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $60.32 $8.17 – $14.92

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