Renal function panel 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.

$8.64 with Humana vs $1,981.35 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 $8.64
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.68
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.68
Devoted Health MCR $8.68
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.68
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.68
CarePlus MGMCR $8.68
Wellmed MGMCR $8.68
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.68
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.68
United AllPayerAppendix $8.68
United GVT $8.68
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.68
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.68
United MCR $8.85
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.85
BCBS MCRHMO $8.85
BCBS MCRPPO $8.85
Aetna MCR $8.94
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.11
Sunshine State MCR $9.11
American Health Plan MCR $9.20
Cigna Healthspring MCR $9.29
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.29
Centurion GVT $9.55
Sunshine State MCD $9.55
Longevity Health Plan MCR $10.42
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $10.42
Solis Health Plan MCR $12.59
Oscar HIX $16.75
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.62
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $164.07
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $167.53
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $167.53
Optimum MGMCR $200.47
Freedom Health MGMCR $200.47
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $303.03
AvMed HIX $303.03
Freedom Health MGMCD $372.96
Molina MCR $442.89
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $496.50
AvMed FullyInsured $559.44
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $594.40
AvMed Focus $606.06
AvMed Empower $606.06
AvMed Flex $606.06
AvMed Select $606.06
AvMed Engage $606.06
Molina HIX $629.37
AvMed ASOEO $652.68
Aetna ASA $699.30
Humana HMO $862.47
Humana PPO $932.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,025.64
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1,048.95
Plotkin Health COMM $1,165.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $1,165.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $1,165.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,748.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,981.35
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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martin north hospital Stuart $218.40 $4.54 – $252.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $422.44 $8.25 – $14.49
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