Pyruvate 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

$19.00

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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.

$1.63 with Freedom Health vs $78.66 with Prime Health — 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 $1.63 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $1.63 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $2.47 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $2.47 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $3.04 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $3.61 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $4.05 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $4.56 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.84 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $4.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $4.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $4.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $4.94 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $4.94 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $5.13 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $5.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $5.70 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $7.03 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $7.60 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $8.36 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $8.55 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $9.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $9.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $9.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $14.25 ↓ -25%
Humana TRICR $14.41 ↓ -24%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.48 ↓ -24%
United GVT $14.48 ↓ -24%
Devoted Health MCR $14.48 ↓ -24%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.48 ↓ -24%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $14.48 ↓ -24%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.48 ↓ -24%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -24%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $14.48 ↓ -24%
Wellmed MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -24%
CarePlus MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -24%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $14.48 ↓ -24%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -24%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $14.48 ↓ -24%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.77 ↓ -22%
United MCR $14.77 ↓ -22%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.77 ↓ -22%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.77 ↓ -22%
Aetna MCR $14.91 ↓ -22%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $15.20 ↓ -20%
Sunshine State MCR $15.20 ↓ -20%
American Health Plan MCR $15.35 ↓ -19%
Florida Complete Care MCR $15.49 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $15.49 ↓ -18%
Sunshine State MCD $15.93 ↓ -16%
Centurion GVT $15.93 ↓ -16%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $16.15 ↓ -15%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $17.38 ↓ -9%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $17.38 ↓ -9%
Solis Health Plan MCR $21.00 ↑ +11%
Oscar HIX $27.95 ↑ +47%
Simply Healthcare HIX $32.72 ↑ +72%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↑ +305%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +314%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +314%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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