Ph body fluid 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.

$3.56 with Humana vs $340.00 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 $3.56
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $3.58
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $3.58
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $3.58
Devoted Health MCR $3.58
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $3.58
United Behavioral Health VACCN $3.58
CarePlus MGMCR $3.58
Wellmed MGMCR $3.58
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $3.58
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
United GVT $3.58
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $3.58
United MCR $3.65
BCBS MCRHMO $3.65
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $3.65
BCBS MCRPPO $3.65
Aetna MCR $3.69
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $3.76
Sunshine State MCR $3.76
American Health Plan MCR $3.79
Florida Complete Care MCR $3.83
Cigna Healthspring MCR $3.83
Sunshine State MCD $3.94
Centurion GVT $3.94
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.30
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $4.30
Solis Health Plan MCR $5.19
Oscar HIX $6.91
Simply Healthcare HIX $8.09
Optimum MGMCR $34.40
Freedom Health MGMCR $34.40
AvMed HIX $52.00
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $52.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $56.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $57.20
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $57.20
Freedom Health MGMCD $64.00
Molina MCR $76.00
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $85.20
AvMed FullyInsured $96.00
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $102.00
AvMed Focus $104.00
AvMed Empower $104.00
AvMed Flex $104.00
AvMed Select $104.00
AvMed Engage $104.00
Molina HIX $108.00
AvMed ASOEO $112.00
Aetna ASA $120.00
Humana HMO $148.00
Humana PPO $160.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $176.00
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $180.00
Plotkin Health COMM $200.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $200.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $200.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $300.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $340.00
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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