Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis 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.

$0.86 with Freedom Health vs $78.66 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 $0.86 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $0.86 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1.30 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1.30 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1.60 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1.90 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2.13 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $2.40 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.55 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $2.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2.60 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2.60 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2.70 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $2.80 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $3.00 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $3.70 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $4.00 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $4.40 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4.50 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $5.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $5.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $5.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $7.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $8.50 ↓ -15%
Humana TRICR $11.21 ↑ +12%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.26 ↑ +13%
United GVT $11.26 ↑ +13%
Devoted Health MCR $11.26 ↑ +13%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.26 ↑ +13%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.26 ↑ +13%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.26 ↑ +13%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.26 ↑ +13%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.26 ↑ +13%
Wellmed MGMCR $11.26 ↑ +13%
CarePlus MGMCR $11.26 ↑ +13%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $11.26 ↑ +13%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $11.26 ↑ +13%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $11.26 ↑ +13%
United MCR $11.49 ↑ +15%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.49 ↑ +15%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.49 ↑ +15%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.49 ↑ +15%
Aetna MCR $11.60 ↑ +16%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $11.82 ↑ +18%
Sunshine State MCR $11.82 ↑ +18%
American Health Plan MCR $11.94 ↑ +19%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.05 ↑ +21%
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.05 ↑ +21%
Sunshine State MCD $12.39 ↑ +24%
Centurion GVT $12.39 ↑ +24%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.51 ↑ +35%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.51 ↑ +35%
Solis Health Plan MCR $16.33 ↑ +63%
Oscar HIX $21.73 ↑ +117%
Simply Healthcare HIX $25.45 ↑ +155%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↑ +670%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +687%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +687%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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