Warde apolipoprotein b 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.

$0.60 with Freedom Health vs $64.36 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 $0.60
Optimum MGMCR $0.60
AvMed HIX $0.91
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $0.91
Freedom Health MGMCD $1.12
Molina MCR $1.33
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1.49
AvMed FullyInsured $1.68
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.78
AvMed Empower $1.82
AvMed Flex $1.82
AvMed Engage $1.82
AvMed Select $1.82
AvMed Focus $1.82
Molina HIX $1.89
AvMed ASOEO $1.96
Aetna ASA $2.10
Humana HMO $2.59
Humana PPO $2.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $3.08
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3.15
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3.50
Plotkin Health COMM $3.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5.95
Humana TRICR $21.00
United AllPayerAppendix $21.09
United GVT $21.09
Devoted Health MCR $21.09
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $21.09
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $21.09
United Behavioral Health VACCN $21.09
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $21.09
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $21.09
Wellmed MGMCR $21.09
CarePlus MGMCR $21.09
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $21.09
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $21.09
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $21.09
United MCR $21.51
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $21.51
BCBS MCRHMO $21.51
BCBS MCRPPO $21.51
Aetna MCR $21.72
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $22.14
Sunshine State MCR $22.14
American Health Plan MCR $22.36
Cigna Healthspring MCR $22.57
Florida Complete Care MCR $22.57
Sunshine State MCD $23.20
Centurion GVT $23.20
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $25.31
Longevity Health Plan MCR $25.31
Solis Health Plan MCR $30.58
Oscar HIX $40.70
Simply Healthcare HIX $47.66
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $63.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $64.36
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $64.36
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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