Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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.

$8.42 with Humana vs $2,774.40 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 $8.42
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.46
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.46
Devoted Health MCR $8.46
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.46
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.46
CarePlus MGMCR $8.46
Wellmed MGMCR $8.46
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.46
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.46
United AllPayerAppendix $8.46
United GVT $8.46
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.46
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.46
United MCR $8.63
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.63
BCBS MCRHMO $8.63
BCBS MCRPPO $8.63
Aetna MCR $8.71
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $8.88
Sunshine State MCR $8.88
American Health Plan MCR $8.97
Cigna Healthspring MCR $9.05
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.05
Centurion GVT $9.31
Sunshine State MCD $9.31
Longevity Health Plan MCR $10.15
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $10.15
Solis Health Plan MCR $12.27
Oscar HIX $16.33
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.12
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $220.10
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $224.73
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $224.73
Optimum MGMCR $280.70
Freedom Health MGMCR $280.70
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $424.32
AvMed HIX $424.32
Freedom Health MGMCD $522.24
Molina MCR $620.16
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $695.23
AvMed FullyInsured $783.36
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $832.32
AvMed Focus $848.64
AvMed Empower $848.64
AvMed Flex $848.64
AvMed Select $848.64
AvMed Engage $848.64
Molina HIX $881.28
AvMed ASOEO $913.92
Aetna ASA $979.20
Humana HMO $1,207.68
Humana PPO $1,305.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,436.16
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,468.80
Plotkin Health COMM $1,632.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,632.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,632.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,448.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,774.40
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $278.20 $4.54 – $321.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $306.47 $8.04 – $14.12
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $974.78 $8.46 – $18.78
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $333.10 $8.04 – $18.07
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $504.13 $8.46 – $18.78
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $276.08 $8.04 – $18.48
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $62.78 $8.46 – $15.45
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $100.10 $3.55 – $130.90

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