Protein s total 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.

$2.84 with Freedom Health vs $106.23 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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 $2.84
Optimum MGMCR $2.84
AvMed HIX $4.29
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $4.29
Freedom Health MGMCD $5.28
Molina MCR $6.27
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $7.03
AvMed FullyInsured $7.92
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $8.41
AvMed Engage $8.58
AvMed Focus $8.58
AvMed Flex $8.58
AvMed Empower $8.58
AvMed Select $8.58
Molina HIX $8.91
AvMed ASOEO $9.24
Aetna ASA $9.90
Humana TRICR $11.56
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.61
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.61
United AllPayerAppendix $11.61
United GVT $11.61
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.61
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.61
Devoted Health MCR $11.61
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.61
Wellmed MGMCR $11.61
CarePlus MGMCR $11.61
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $11.61
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $11.61
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $11.61
BCBS MCRPPO $11.84
BCBS MCRHMO $11.84
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.84
United MCR $11.84
Aetna MCR $11.96
Sunshine State MCR $12.19
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.19
Humana HMO $12.21
American Health Plan MCR $12.31
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.42
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.42
Sunshine State MCD $12.77
Centurion GVT $12.77
Humana PPO $13.20
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.93
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $13.93
United PPO OptionsPPO $14.52
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $14.85
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $16.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $16.50
Plotkin Health COMM $16.50
Solis Health Plan MCR $16.83
Oscar HIX $22.41
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $24.75
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.24
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $28.05
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $104.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $106.23
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $106.23
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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