Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$176.00

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.

$176.00

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.

$15.14 with Freedom Health vs $149.60 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $15.14 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $15.14 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $22.88 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $22.88 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $28.16 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $33.44 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $33.44 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $37.49 ↓ -79%
Simply Healthcare HIX $41.36 ↓ -77%
AvMed FullyInsured $42.24 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $44.88 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $45.76 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $45.76 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $45.76 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $45.76 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $45.76 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $47.52 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $49.28 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $52.80 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $65.12 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $70.40 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $77.44 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $79.20 ↓ -55%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $83.04 ↓ -53%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $84.79 ↓ -52%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $84.79 ↓ -52%
Plotkin Health COMM $88.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $88.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $88.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $132.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $149.60 ↓ -15%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $287.30 $33.43 – $306.75
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $216.87 $58.52 – $102.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $206.25 $61.60 – $136.76
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $183.31 $58.52 – $131.58
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $196.49 $61.60 – $136.76
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $173.49 $58.52 – $134.57
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $94.00 $33.84 – $81.37
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $225.94 $61.60 – $112.49

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