Very long chain fatty acids at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
$139.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$139.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$11.95 with Freedom Health vs $118.15 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $11.95 | ↓ -91% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $11.95 | ↓ -91% |
| AvMed | HIX | $18.07 | ↓ -87% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $18.07 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | TRICR | $19.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Hospice of Treasure Coast | COMM | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| CarePlus | MGMCR | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellmed | MGMCR | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Veterans Evaluation Services | MCR | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRHMO | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| United | GVT | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MGMCR | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Hospice Treasure Coast | MGMCR | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Hospice Treasure Coast | MGMCD | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| HUMANA | MGMCRPPO | $19.75 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $20.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $20.14 | ↓ -86% |
| United | MCR | $20.14 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $20.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | MCR | $20.34 | ↓ -85% |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $20.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Prominence HealthFirst | MCRHMO | $20.74 | ↓ -85% |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $20.94 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MCR | $21.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $21.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Centurion | GVT | $21.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Sunshine State | MCD | $21.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCD | $22.24 | ↓ -84% |
| Longevity Health Plan | MCR | $23.70 | ↓ -83% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | MGMCR | $23.70 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $26.41 | ↓ -81% |
| Solis Health Plan | MCR | $28.64 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $29.61 | ↓ -79% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $33.36 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $35.45 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Engage | $36.14 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Select | $36.14 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Empower | $36.14 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Flex | $36.14 | ↓ -74% |
| AvMed | Focus | $36.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | HIX | $37.53 | ↓ -73% |
| Oscar | HIX | $38.12 | ↓ -73% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $38.92 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $41.70 | ↓ -70% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $44.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $51.43 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | PPO | $55.60 | ↓ -60% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $61.16 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $62.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $69.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $69.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $69.50 | ↓ -50% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $77.04 | ↓ -45% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $78.66 | ↓ -43% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $78.66 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $104.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $118.15 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
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Very long chain fatty acids at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| martin north hospital | Stuart | $186.55 | $6.08 – $126.00 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $200.12 | $18.76 – $32.96 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $170.27 | $18.76 – $43.14 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $186.55 | $5.78 – $157.25 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $169.65 | $5.78 – $208.80 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $206.05 | $19.75 – $132.56 |
| HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL | TAMPA | $134.07 | $17.90 – $76.63 |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) | Pensacola | $22.59 | $19.75 – $73.92 |