Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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.

$113.52 with Optimum vs $8,400.00 with United — 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
Optimum MGMCR $113.52
Freedom Health MGMCR $113.52
AvMed HIX $171.60
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $171.60
Freedom Health MGMCD $211.20
Aetna QHP $229.68
Oscar HIX $250.80
Aetna HMO $257.40
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $281.16
Simply Healthcare HIX $310.20
AvMed FullyInsured $316.80
Aetna PPO $322.08
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $336.60
AvMed Engage $343.20
AvMed Focus $343.20
AvMed Select $343.20
AvMed Flex $343.20
AvMed Empower $343.20
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $347.16
Molina HIX $356.40
AvMed ASOEO $369.60
Aetna ASA $396.00
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $461.21
Cigna HMO $463.32
Cigna PPO $463.32
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $470.92
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $470.92
Humana HMO $488.40
Humana PPO $528.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $580.80
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $594.00
Plotkin Health COMM $660.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $660.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $660.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $990.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,122.00
Molina MCR $1,950.00
BCBS MBN $3,945.00
BCBS HMO $4,672.00
BCBS SBN $4,672.00
BCBS PPO $4,764.00
BCBS NWB $4,764.00
BCBS BSLNON-PAR $7,531.00
BCBS PHS $7,531.00
United AllPayerAppendix $8,400.00

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $2,042.95 $26.08 – $1,571.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,115.35 $437.67 – $768.92
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $3,375.26 $460.71 – $1,022.77
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,931.76 $437.67 – $984.03
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,082.72 $460.71 – $1,022.77
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $1,278.35 $437.67 – $1,006.42
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $3,283.02 $460.71 – $841.25
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $2,042.95 $27.55 – $2,671.55

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