Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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.

$17.80 with Freedom Health vs $175.95 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
Freedom Health MGMCR $17.80
Optimum MGMCR $17.80
Humana TRICR $25.96
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $26.07
United GVT $26.07
Devoted Health MCR $26.07
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $26.07
United Behavioral Health VACCN $26.07
CarePlus MGMCR $26.07
Wellmed MGMCR $26.07
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $26.07
United AllPayerAppendix $26.07
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $26.07
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $26.07
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $26.07
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $26.07
BCBS MCRPPO $26.59
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $26.59
United MCR $26.59
BCBS MCRHMO $26.59
Aetna MCR $26.85
AvMed HIX $26.91
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $26.91
Sunshine State MCR $27.37
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $27.37
American Health Plan MCR $27.63
Florida Complete Care MCR $27.89
Cigna Healthspring MCR $27.89
Centurion GVT $28.68
Sunshine State MCD $28.68
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $31.28
Longevity Health Plan MCR $31.28
Freedom Health MGMCD $33.12
Solis Health Plan MCR $37.80
Molina MCR $39.33
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $44.09
AvMed FullyInsured $49.68
Oscar HIX $50.32
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $52.78
AvMed Flex $53.82
AvMed Select $53.82
AvMed Empower $53.82
AvMed Engage $53.82
AvMed Focus $53.82
Molina HIX $55.89
AvMed ASOEO $57.96
Simply Healthcare HIX $58.92
Aetna ASA $62.10
Humana HMO $76.59
Humana PPO $82.80
United PPO OptionsPPO $91.08
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $93.15
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $103.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $103.50
Plotkin Health COMM $103.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $128.06
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $130.76
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $130.76
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $155.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $175.95
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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