Susceptibility agar dilution per agent 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$4.73 with Humana vs $800.70 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Humana TRICR $4.73
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.75
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.75
Devoted Health MCR $4.75
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.75
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.75
CarePlus MGMCR $4.75
Wellmed MGMCR $4.75
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.75
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.75
United AllPayerAppendix $4.75
United GVT $4.75
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.75
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.75
United MCR $4.84
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.84
BCBS MCRHMO $4.84
BCBS MCRPPO $4.84
Aetna MCR $4.89
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.99
Sunshine State MCR $4.99
American Health Plan MCR $5.04
Cigna Healthspring MCR $5.08
Florida Complete Care MCR $5.08
Centurion GVT $5.23
Sunshine State MCD $5.23
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.70
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.70
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.89
Oscar HIX $9.17
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.73
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.03
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $51.08
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $51.08
Optimum MGMCR $81.01
Freedom Health MGMCR $81.01
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $122.46
AvMed HIX $122.46
Freedom Health MGMCD $150.72
Molina MCR $178.98
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $200.65
AvMed FullyInsured $226.08
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $240.21
AvMed Focus $244.92
AvMed Empower $244.92
AvMed Flex $244.92
AvMed Select $244.92
AvMed Engage $244.92
Molina HIX $254.34
AvMed ASOEO $263.76
Aetna ASA $282.60
Humana HMO $348.54
Humana PPO $376.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $414.48
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $423.90
Plotkin Health COMM $471.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $471.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $471.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $706.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $800.70
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Susceptibility agar dilution per agent at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $22.75 $4.23 – $26.25
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $72.29 $4.51 – $7.93
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $16.50 $4.75 – $10.55
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $294.01 $4.51 – $10.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $73.32 $4.75 – $10.55
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $15.35 $4.51 – $10.38
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $164.00 $3.80 – $49.02
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $32.28 $4.75 – $8.67

All Florida hospitals for this procedure →