Sickling rbc 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.

$0.34 with Freedom Health vs $104.20 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
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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 $0.34
Optimum MGMCR $0.34
AvMed HIX $0.52
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $0.52
Freedom Health MGMCD $0.64
Molina MCR $0.76
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $0.85
AvMed FullyInsured $0.96
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.02
AvMed Empower $1.04
AvMed Flex $1.04
AvMed Engage $1.04
AvMed Select $1.04
AvMed Focus $1.04
Molina HIX $1.08
AvMed ASOEO $1.12
Aetna ASA $1.20
Humana HMO $1.48
Humana PPO $1.60
United PPO OptionsPPO $1.76
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $1.80
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2.00
Plotkin Health COMM $2.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3.40
Humana TRICR $5.49
United AllPayerAppendix $5.51
United GVT $5.51
Devoted Health MCR $5.51
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $5.51
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $5.51
United Behavioral Health VACCN $5.51
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $5.51
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $5.51
Wellmed MGMCR $5.51
CarePlus MGMCR $5.51
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $5.51
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $5.51
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $5.51
United MCR $5.62
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $5.62
BCBS MCRHMO $5.62
BCBS MCRPPO $5.62
Aetna MCR $5.68
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $5.79
Sunshine State MCR $5.79
American Health Plan MCR $5.84
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.90
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.90
Sunshine State MCD $6.06
Centurion GVT $6.06
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $6.61
Longevity Health Plan MCR $6.61
Solis Health Plan MCR $7.99
Oscar HIX $10.63
Simply Healthcare HIX $12.45
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $102.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $104.20
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $104.20
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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