Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$136.00

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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$136.00

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.

$11.70 with Freedom Health vs $145.05 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 $11.70 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $11.70 ↓ -91%
Humana TRICR $16.80 ↓ -88%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $16.87 ↓ -88%
United GVT $16.87 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MCR $16.87 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $16.87 ↓ -88%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.87 ↓ -88%
CarePlus MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -88%
Wellmed MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -88%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $16.87 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87 ↓ -88%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $16.87 ↓ -88%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -88%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $16.87 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.21 ↓ -87%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $17.21 ↓ -87%
United MCR $17.21 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.21 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $17.38 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $17.68 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $17.68 ↓ -87%
Sunshine State MCR $17.71 ↓ -87%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $17.71 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan MCR $17.88 ↓ -87%
Florida Complete Care MCR $18.05 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $18.05 ↓ -87%
Centurion GVT $18.56 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCD $18.56 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $20.24 ↓ -85%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.24 ↓ -85%
Freedom Health MGMCD $21.76 ↓ -84%
Solis Health Plan MCR $24.46 ↓ -82%
Molina MCR $25.84 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $28.97 ↓ -79%
Oscar HIX $32.56 ↓ -76%
AvMed FullyInsured $32.64 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $34.68 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $35.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $35.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $35.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $35.36 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $35.36 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $36.72 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $38.08 ↓ -72%
Simply Healthcare HIX $38.13 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $40.80 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $50.32 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $54.40 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $59.84 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $61.20 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $68.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $68.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $68.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $102.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $115.60 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $142.06 ↑ +4%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $145.05 ↑ +7%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $145.05 ↑ +7%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $94.25 $6.08 – $54.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $129.58 $16.03 – $28.16
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $53.14 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $139.55 $16.03 – $36.03
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $260.39 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $112.41 $16.87 – $30.80
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $94.25 $5.78 – $61.20
indian river hospital Vero Beach $94.25 $5.78 – $57.60

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