Strep b assay w/optic 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

$866.00

Cash price

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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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$866.00

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.

$12.68 with Humana vs $736.10 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 $12.68 ↓ -99%
United GVT $12.73 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $12.73 ↓ -99%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $12.73 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.73 ↓ -99%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $12.73 ↓ -99%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $12.73 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $12.73 ↓ -99%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $12.73 ↓ -99%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $12.73 ↓ -99%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $12.73 ↓ -99%
CarePlus MGMCR $12.73 ↓ -99%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $12.73 ↓ -99%
Wellmed MGMCR $12.73 ↓ -99%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $12.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $12.98 ↓ -99%
United MCR $12.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $13.11 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $13.37 ↓ -98%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $13.37 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $13.49 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $13.62 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $13.62 ↓ -98%
Centurion GVT $14.00 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCD $14.00 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $15.28 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.28 ↓ -98%
Solis Health Plan MCR $18.46 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $24.57 ↓ -97%
Simply Healthcare HIX $28.77 ↓ -97%
Freedom Health MGMCR $74.48 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $74.48 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $105.05 ↓ -88%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $107.26 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $107.26 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $112.58 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $112.58 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $138.56 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $164.54 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $184.46 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $207.84 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $220.83 ↓ -75%
AvMed Focus $225.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $225.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $225.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $225.16 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $225.16 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $233.82 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $242.48 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $259.80 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $320.42 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $346.40 ↓ -60%
United PPO OptionsPPO $381.04 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $389.70 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $433.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $433.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $433.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $649.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $736.10 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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