Virus isolation addl studies ea 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.

$4.82 with Freedom Health vs $107.26 with CareWorks (Rockport) — 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $4.82
Optimum MGMCR $4.82
AvMed HIX $7.28
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $7.28
Freedom Health MGMCD $8.96
Molina MCR $10.64
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $11.93
AvMed FullyInsured $13.44
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $14.28
AvMed Engage $14.56
AvMed Focus $14.56
AvMed Flex $14.56
AvMed Empower $14.56
AvMed Select $14.56
Molina HIX $15.12
AvMed ASOEO $15.68
Aetna ASA $16.80
Humana TRICR $20.11
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $20.20
United Behavioral Health VACCN $20.20
United AllPayerAppendix $20.20
United GVT $20.20
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $20.20
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $20.20
Devoted Health MCR $20.20
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $20.20
Wellmed MGMCR $20.20
CarePlus MGMCR $20.20
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $20.20
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $20.20
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $20.20
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $20.60
BCBS MCRPPO $20.60
BCBS MCRHMO $20.60
United MCR $20.60
Humana HMO $20.72
Aetna MCR $20.81
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $21.21
Sunshine State MCR $21.21
American Health Plan MCR $21.41
Cigna Healthspring MCR $21.61
Florida Complete Care MCR $21.61
Sunshine State MCD $22.22
Centurion GVT $22.22
Humana PPO $22.40
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $24.24
Longevity Health Plan MCR $24.24
United PPO OptionsPPO $24.64
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $25.20
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $28.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $28.00
Plotkin Health COMM $28.00
Solis Health Plan MCR $29.29
Oscar HIX $38.99
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $42.00
Simply Healthcare HIX $45.65
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $47.60
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $105.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $107.26
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $107.26
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Virus isolation addl studies ea at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $311.35 $4.23 – $33.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $51.07 $19.19 – $33.71
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $190.60 $20.20 – $44.84
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $108.32 $19.19 – $43.15
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $311.79 $20.20 – $44.84
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $204.00 $16.16 – $102.94
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $134.67 $20.20 – $36.89
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $311.35 $4.02 – $37.40

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