Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) 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.

$10.51 with Humana vs $2,938.45 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 $10.51
United GVT $10.56
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $10.56
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.56
United AllPayerAppendix $10.56
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $10.56
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $10.56
Devoted Health MCR $10.56
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $10.56
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $10.56
United Behavioral Health VACCN $10.56
CarePlus MGMCR $10.56
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $10.56
Wellmed MGMCR $10.56
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $10.77
BCBS MCRPPO $10.77
BCBS MCRHMO $10.77
United MCR $10.77
Aetna MCR $10.88
Sunshine State MCR $11.09
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $11.09
American Health Plan MCR $11.19
Florida Complete Care MCR $11.30
Cigna Healthspring MCR $11.30
Centurion GVT $11.62
Sunshine State MCD $11.62
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $12.67
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.67
Solis Health Plan MCR $15.31
Oscar HIX $20.38
Simply Healthcare HIX $23.87
Freedom Health MGMCR $297.30
Optimum MGMCR $297.30
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $327.14
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $334.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $334.03
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $449.41
AvMed HIX $449.41
Freedom Health MGMCD $553.12
Molina MCR $656.83
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $736.34
AvMed FullyInsured $829.68
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $881.53
AvMed Focus $898.82
AvMed Empower $898.82
AvMed Flex $898.82
AvMed Select $898.82
AvMed Engage $898.82
Molina HIX $933.39
AvMed ASOEO $967.96
Aetna ASA $1,037.10
Humana HMO $1,279.09
Humana PPO $1,382.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,521.08
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,555.65
Plotkin Health COMM $1,728.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,728.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,728.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,592.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,938.45
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $334.10 $4.54 – $385.50
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Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,223.12 $10.56 – $23.44
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $583.97 $10.03 – $22.56
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $807.61 $10.56 – $23.44
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $77.55 $10.56 – $19.28
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