Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine 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.

$1.66 with Aetna vs $141.99 with Prime Health — 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
Aetna MCR $1.66
BCBS MCRHMO $1.66
Optimum MGMCR $2.06
Freedom Health MGMCR $2.06
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $3.12
AvMed HIX $3.12
Freedom Health MGMCD $3.84
Molina MCR $4.56
Oscar HIX $4.56
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $5.11
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.64
AvMed FullyInsured $5.76
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $6.12
AvMed Empower $6.24
AvMed Select $6.24
AvMed Focus $6.24
AvMed Flex $6.24
AvMed Engage $6.24
Molina HIX $6.48
AvMed ASOEO $6.72
Aetna ASA $7.20
Humana HMO $8.88
Humana PPO $9.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $10.56
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $10.80
Plotkin Health COMM $12.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $12.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $12.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $18.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $20.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $139.06
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $141.99
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $141.99
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $185.90 $6.97 – $214.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $221.62 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $661.44 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $206.65 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $292.10 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $179.57 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $83.48 not published
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