Pyruvate kinase 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

$71.00

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$71.00

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.

$6.11 with Freedom Health vs $78.66 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

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 $6.11 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $6.11 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $9.23 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $9.23 ↓ -87%
Humana TRICR $9.40 ↓ -87%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.44 ↓ -87%
CarePlus MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -87%
Wellmed MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -87%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $9.44 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $9.44 ↓ -87%
United GVT $9.44 ↓ -87%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $9.44 ↓ -87%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44 ↓ -87%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -87%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $9.44 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.44 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health MCR $9.44 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.63 ↓ -86%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $9.63 ↓ -86%
United MCR $9.63 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.63 ↓ -86%
Aetna MCR $9.72 ↓ -86%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.91 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCR $9.91 ↓ -86%
American Health Plan MCR $10.01 ↓ -86%
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $10.10 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCD $10.38 ↓ -85%
Centurion GVT $10.38 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $11.33 ↓ -84%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.33 ↓ -84%
Freedom Health MGMCD $11.36 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $13.49 ↓ -81%
Solis Health Plan MCR $13.69 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $15.12 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $17.04 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $18.11 ↓ -74%
Oscar HIX $18.22 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $18.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $18.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $18.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $18.46 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $18.46 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $19.17 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $19.88 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $21.30 ↓ -70%
Simply Healthcare HIX $21.33 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $26.27 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $28.40 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $31.24 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $31.95 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $35.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $35.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $35.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $53.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $60.35 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04 ↑ +9%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +11%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66 ↑ +11%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Pyruvate kinase at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $43.55 $2.73 – $50.25
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $28.69 $8.97 – $15.76
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $145.71 $9.44 – $20.96
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $78.95 $8.97 – $20.62
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $63.44 $9.44 – $17.24
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $118.95 $2.85 – $164.70
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $118.95 $2.85 – $164.70
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $70.20 $9.44 – $70.52

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