Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level 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.

$13.48 with Humana vs $947.75 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 $13.48
United GVT $13.54
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.54
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.54
United AllPayerAppendix $13.54
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.54
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $13.54
Devoted Health MCR $13.54
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $13.54
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $13.54
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.54
CarePlus MGMCR $13.54
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.54
Wellmed MGMCR $13.54
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $13.81
BCBS MCRPPO $13.81
BCBS MCRHMO $13.81
United MCR $13.81
Aetna MCR $13.95
Sunshine State MCR $14.22
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $14.22
American Health Plan MCR $14.35
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.49
Cigna Healthspring MCR $14.49
Centurion GVT $14.89
Sunshine State MCD $14.89
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $16.25
Longevity Health Plan MCR $16.25
Solis Health Plan MCR $19.63
Oscar HIX $26.13
Simply Healthcare HIX $30.60
Freedom Health MGMCR $95.89
Optimum MGMCR $95.89
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $134.06
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $136.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $136.89
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $144.95
AvMed HIX $144.95
Freedom Health MGMCD $178.40
Molina MCR $211.85
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $237.50
AvMed FullyInsured $267.60
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $284.32
AvMed Focus $289.90
AvMed Empower $289.90
AvMed Flex $289.90
AvMed Select $289.90
AvMed Engage $289.90
Molina HIX $301.05
AvMed ASOEO $312.20
Aetna ASA $334.50
Humana HMO $412.55
Humana PPO $446.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $490.60
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $501.75
Plotkin Health COMM $557.50
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $557.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $557.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $836.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $947.75
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $118.30 $6.12 – $25.50
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $175.94 $12.86 – $22.60
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $292.36 $13.54 – $30.06
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $185.50 $12.86 – $28.92
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $531.65 $13.54 – $30.06
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $46.00 $12.86 – $29.58
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $99.71 $13.54 – $24.72
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