Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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.

$8.86 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 $8.86
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $8.90
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $8.90
Devoted Health MCR $8.90
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $8.90
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.90
CarePlus MGMCR $8.90
Wellmed MGMCR $8.90
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $8.90
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $8.90
United AllPayerAppendix $8.90
United GVT $8.90
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $8.90
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $8.90
BCBS MCRHMO $9.08
BCBS MCRPPO $9.08
United MCR $9.08
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $9.08
Aetna MCR $9.17
Sunshine State MCR $9.35
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $9.35
American Health Plan MCR $9.43
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.52
Cigna Healthspring MCR $9.52
Sunshine State MCD $9.79
Centurion GVT $9.79
Longevity Health Plan MCR $10.68
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $10.68
Solis Health Plan MCR $12.90
Oscar HIX $17.18
Simply Healthcare HIX $20.11
Optimum MGMCR $95.89
Freedom Health MGMCR $95.89
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $144.95
AvMed HIX $144.95
Freedom Health MGMCD $178.40
Molina MCR $211.85
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $232.10
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $236.99
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $236.99
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $237.50
AvMed FullyInsured $267.60
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $284.32
AvMed Select $289.90
AvMed Empower $289.90
AvMed Engage $289.90
AvMed Flex $289.90
AvMed Focus $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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Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $16.90 $3.52 – $12.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $27.05 $8.46 – $14.85
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $28.04 $8.90 – $19.76
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $196.65 $8.46 – $19.01
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $212.35 $8.90 – $19.76
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $30.00 $8.46 – $19.44
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $191.00 $7.12 – $227.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $65.24 $8.90 – $16.25

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