Prealbumin 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.

$14.53 with Humana vs $655.35 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 $14.53
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $14.59
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.59
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.59
Devoted Health MCR $14.59
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $14.59
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.59
CarePlus MGMCR $14.59
Wellmed MGMCR $14.59
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.59
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $14.59
United AllPayerAppendix $14.59
United GVT $14.59
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.59
United MCR $14.88
BCBS MCRHMO $14.88
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.88
BCBS MCRPPO $14.88
Aetna MCR $15.03
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.32
Sunshine State MCR $15.32
American Health Plan MCR $15.47
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.61
Cigna Healthspring MCR $15.61
Sunshine State MCD $16.05
Centurion GVT $16.05
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.51
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.51
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.16
Oscar HIX $28.16
Simply Healthcare HIX $32.97
Optimum MGMCR $66.31
Freedom Health MGMCR $66.31
AvMed HIX $100.23
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $100.23
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $106.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $108.28
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $108.28
Freedom Health MGMCD $123.36
Molina MCR $146.49
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $164.22
AvMed FullyInsured $185.04
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $196.60
AvMed Focus $200.46
AvMed Empower $200.46
AvMed Flex $200.46
AvMed Select $200.46
AvMed Engage $200.46
Molina HIX $208.17
AvMed ASOEO $215.88
Aetna ASA $231.30
Humana HMO $285.27
Humana PPO $308.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $339.24
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $346.95
Plotkin Health COMM $385.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $385.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $385.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $578.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $655.35
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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