Microbe susceptible mlc 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

$683.00

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.

$683.00

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.

$39.99 with Humana vs $580.55 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 $39.99 ↓ -94%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $40.17 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $40.17 ↓ -94%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $40.17 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MCR $40.17 ↓ -94%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $40.17 ↓ -94%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $40.17 ↓ -94%
CarePlus MGMCR $40.17 ↓ -94%
Wellmed MGMCR $40.17 ↓ -94%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $40.17 ↓ -94%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $40.17 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $40.17 ↓ -94%
United GVT $40.17 ↓ -94%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $40.17 ↓ -94%
United MCR $40.97 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $40.97 ↓ -94%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $40.97 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $40.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $41.38 ↓ -94%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $42.18 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCR $42.18 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MCR $42.58 ↓ -94%
Florida Complete Care MCR $42.98 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $42.98 ↓ -94%
Sunshine State MCD $44.19 ↓ -94%
Centurion GVT $44.19 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $48.20 ↓ -93%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $48.20 ↓ -93%
Solis Health Plan MCR $58.25 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $58.74 ↓ -91%
Freedom Health MGMCR $58.74 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $77.53 ↓ -89%
AvMed HIX $88.79 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $88.79 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $90.78 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $105.05 ↓ -85%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $107.26 ↓ -84%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $107.26 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $109.28 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $129.77 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $145.48 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $163.92 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $174.16 ↓ -75%
AvMed Focus $177.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $177.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $177.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $177.58 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $177.58 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $184.41 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $191.24 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $204.90 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $252.71 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $273.20 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $300.52 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $307.35 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $341.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $341.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $341.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $512.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $580.55 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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