Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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.

$2.69 with Humana vs $708.05 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 $2.69
United GVT $2.70
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $2.70
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $2.70
United AllPayerAppendix $2.70
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $2.70
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $2.70
Devoted Health MCR $2.70
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $2.70
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $2.70
United Behavioral Health VACCN $2.70
CarePlus MGMCR $2.70
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $2.70
Wellmed MGMCR $2.70
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $2.75
BCBS MCRPPO $2.75
BCBS MCRHMO $2.75
United MCR $2.75
Aetna MCR $2.78
Sunshine State MCR $2.84
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $2.84
American Health Plan MCR $2.86
Florida Complete Care MCR $2.89
Cigna Healthspring MCR $2.89
Centurion GVT $2.97
Sunshine State MCD $2.97
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $3.24
Longevity Health Plan MCR $3.24
Solis Health Plan MCR $3.92
Oscar HIX $5.21
Simply Healthcare HIX $6.10
Freedom Health MGMCR $71.64
Optimum MGMCR $71.64
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $73.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $74.57
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $74.57
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $108.29
AvMed HIX $108.29
Freedom Health MGMCD $133.28
Molina MCR $158.27
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $177.43
AvMed FullyInsured $199.92
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $212.41
AvMed Focus $216.58
AvMed Empower $216.58
AvMed Flex $216.58
AvMed Select $216.58
AvMed Engage $216.58
Molina HIX $224.91
AvMed ASOEO $233.24
Aetna ASA $249.90
Humana HMO $308.21
Humana PPO $333.20
United PPO OptionsPPO $366.52
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $374.85
Plotkin Health COMM $416.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $416.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $416.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $624.75
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $708.05
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $44.20 $2.70 – $51.00
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Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $198.65 $2.56 – $5.77
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $204.41 $2.70 – $5.99
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $189.19 $2.56 – $5.90
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $17.81 $2.70 – $4.93
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