Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen 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

$79.00

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$79.00

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.

$6.79 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 $6.79 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $6.79 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $10.27 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $10.27 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $12.64 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $15.01 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICR $16.37 ↓ -79%
Devoted Health MCR $16.45 ↓ -79%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.45 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.45 ↓ -79%
United GVT $16.45 ↓ -79%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $16.45 ↓ -79%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $16.45 ↓ -79%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -79%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $16.45 ↓ -79%
Wellmed MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -79%
CarePlus MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -79%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $16.45 ↓ -79%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -79%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $16.45 ↓ -79%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $16.78 ↓ -79%
United MCR $16.78 ↓ -79%
BCBS MCRHMO $16.78 ↓ -79%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.78 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $16.83 ↓ -79%
Aetna MCR $16.94 ↓ -79%
Sunshine State MCR $17.27 ↓ -78%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $17.27 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan MCR $17.44 ↓ -78%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $17.60 ↓ -78%
Florida Complete Care MCR $17.60 ↓ -78%
Centurion GVT $18.10 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State MCD $18.10 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $18.96 ↓ -76%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $19.74 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $19.74 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $20.14 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $20.54 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $20.54 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $20.54 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $20.54 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $20.54 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $21.33 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $22.12 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $23.70 ↓ -70%
Solis Health Plan MCR $23.85 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $29.23 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $31.60 ↓ -60%
Oscar HIX $31.75 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $34.76 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $35.55 ↓ -55%
Simply Healthcare HIX $37.18 ↓ -53%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $39.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $39.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $39.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $59.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $67.15 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↓ -2%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↓ -0%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↓ -0%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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