Specific gravity body fluid 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.

$3.27 with Humana vs $263.50 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 $3.27
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $3.28
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $3.28
Devoted Health MCR $3.28
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $3.28
United Behavioral Health VACCN $3.28
CarePlus MGMCR $3.28
Wellmed MGMCR $3.28
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $3.28
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $3.28
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28
United GVT $3.28
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $3.28
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $3.28
BCBS MCRHMO $3.35
BCBS MCRPPO $3.35
United MCR $3.35
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $3.35
Aetna MCR $3.38
Sunshine State MCR $3.44
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $3.44
American Health Plan MCR $3.48
Florida Complete Care MCR $3.51
Cigna Healthspring MCR $3.51
Sunshine State MCD $3.61
Centurion GVT $3.61
Longevity Health Plan MCR $3.94
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $3.94
Solis Health Plan MCR $4.76
Oscar HIX $6.33
Simply Healthcare HIX $7.41
Optimum MGMCR $26.66
Freedom Health MGMCR $26.66
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $40.30
AvMed HIX $40.30
Freedom Health MGMCD $49.60
Molina MCR $58.90
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $66.03
AvMed FullyInsured $74.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $77.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.66
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $79.05
AvMed Select $80.60
AvMed Empower $80.60
AvMed Engage $80.60
AvMed Flex $80.60
AvMed Focus $80.60
Molina HIX $83.70
AvMed ASOEO $86.80
Aetna ASA $93.00
Humana HMO $114.70
Humana PPO $124.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $136.40
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $139.50
Plotkin Health COMM $155.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $155.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $155.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $232.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $263.50
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Specific gravity body fluid at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $12.35 $2.73 – $7.50
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $22.26 $3.28 – $5.99
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Baptist Hospital MIAMI $82.55 $1.62 – $114.30
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $82.55 $2.77 – $114.30
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