Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$4.74 with Humana vs $511.70 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 $4.74
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.76
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.76
Devoted Health MCR $4.76
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.76
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.76
CarePlus MGMCR $4.76
Wellmed MGMCR $4.76
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.76
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.76
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76
United GVT $4.76
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.76
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.76
United MCR $4.86
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.86
BCBS MCRHMO $4.86
BCBS MCRPPO $4.86
Aetna MCR $4.90
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.00
Sunshine State MCR $5.00
American Health Plan MCR $5.05
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.09
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.09
Centurion GVT $5.24
Sunshine State MCD $5.24
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.71
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.71
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.90
Oscar HIX $9.19
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $47.02
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $48.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $48.02
Optimum MGMCR $51.77
Freedom Health MGMCR $51.77
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $78.26
AvMed HIX $78.26
Freedom Health MGMCD $96.32
Molina MCR $114.38
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $128.23
AvMed FullyInsured $144.48
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $153.51
AvMed Focus $156.52
AvMed Empower $156.52
AvMed Flex $156.52
AvMed Select $156.52
AvMed Engage $156.52
Molina HIX $162.54
AvMed ASOEO $168.56
Aetna ASA $180.60
Humana HMO $222.74
Humana PPO $240.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $264.88
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $270.90
Plotkin Health COMM $301.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $301.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $301.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $451.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $511.70
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 $69.55 $2.73 – $42.00
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