Uric acid blood 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.

$4.50 with Humana vs $719.10 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 $4.50
United GVT $4.52
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $4.52
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $4.52
United AllPayerAppendix $4.52
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $4.52
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $4.52
Devoted Health MCR $4.52
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $4.52
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $4.52
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.52
CarePlus MGMCR $4.52
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $4.52
Wellmed MGMCR $4.52
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.61
BCBS MCRPPO $4.61
BCBS MCRHMO $4.61
United MCR $4.61
Aetna MCR $4.66
Sunshine State MCR $4.75
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $4.75
American Health Plan MCR $4.79
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.84
Cigna Healthspring MCR $4.84
Centurion GVT $4.97
Sunshine State MCD $4.97
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $5.42
Longevity Health Plan MCR $5.42
Solis Health Plan MCR $6.55
Oscar HIX $8.72
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.22
Freedom Health MGMCR $72.76
Optimum MGMCR $72.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $94.04
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $96.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $96.02
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $109.98
AvMed HIX $109.98
Freedom Health MGMCD $135.36
Molina MCR $160.74
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $180.20
AvMed FullyInsured $203.04
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $215.73
AvMed Focus $219.96
AvMed Empower $219.96
AvMed Flex $219.96
AvMed Select $219.96
AvMed Engage $219.96
Molina HIX $228.42
AvMed ASOEO $236.88
Aetna ASA $253.80
Humana HMO $313.02
Humana PPO $338.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $372.24
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $380.70
Plotkin Health COMM $423.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $423.00
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $423.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $634.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $719.10
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $275.38 $4.52 – $10.03
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