Protein total 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.

$3.99 with Humana vs $665.55 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 $3.99
United GVT $4.00
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.00
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.00
United AllPayerAppendix $4.00
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.00
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.00
Devoted Health MCR $4.00
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.00
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.00
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.00
CarePlus MGMCR $4.00
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.00
Wellmed MGMCR $4.00
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.08
BCBS MCRPPO $4.08
BCBS MCRHMO $4.08
United MCR $4.08
Aetna MCR $4.12
Sunshine State MCR $4.20
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.20
American Health Plan MCR $4.24
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.28
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.28
Centurion GVT $4.40
Sunshine State MCD $4.40
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $4.80
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.80
Solis Health Plan MCR $5.80
Oscar HIX $7.72
Simply Healthcare HIX $9.04
Freedom Health MGMCR $67.34
Optimum MGMCR $67.34
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $95.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $97.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $97.04
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $101.79
AvMed HIX $101.79
Freedom Health MGMCD $125.28
Molina MCR $148.77
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $166.78
AvMed FullyInsured $187.92
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $199.66
AvMed Focus $203.58
AvMed Empower $203.58
AvMed Flex $203.58
AvMed Select $203.58
AvMed Engage $203.58
Molina HIX $211.41
AvMed ASOEO $219.24
Aetna ASA $234.90
Humana HMO $289.71
Humana PPO $313.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $344.52
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $352.35
Plotkin Health COMM $391.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $391.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $391.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $587.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $665.55
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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