Warde viscosity 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

$39.00

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.

$39.00

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.

$3.35 with Freedom Health vs $250.27 with Prime Health — 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 $3.35 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $3.35 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $5.07 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $5.07 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $6.24 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $7.41 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $8.31 ↓ -79%
AvMed FullyInsured $9.36 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $9.95 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $10.14 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $10.14 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $10.14 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $10.14 ↓ -74%
AvMed Empower $10.14 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $10.53 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $10.92 ↓ -72%
Humana TRICR $11.62 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health MCR $11.67 ↓ -70%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.67 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.67 ↓ -70%
United GVT $11.67 ↓ -70%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.67 ↓ -70%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.67 ↓ -70%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $11.67 ↓ -70%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $11.67 ↓ -70%
Wellmed MGMCR $11.67 ↓ -70%
CarePlus MGMCR $11.67 ↓ -70%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $11.67 ↓ -70%
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $11.67 ↓ -70%
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $11.67 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $11.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.90 ↓ -69%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $11.90 ↓ -69%
United MCR $11.90 ↓ -69%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.90 ↓ -69%
Aetna MCR $12.02 ↓ -69%
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $12.25 ↓ -69%
Sunshine State MCR $12.25 ↓ -69%
American Health Plan MCR $12.37 ↓ -68%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $12.49 ↓ -68%
Florida Complete Care MCR $12.49 ↓ -68%
Sunshine State MCD $12.84 ↓ -67%
Centurion GVT $12.84 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $14.00 ↓ -64%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $14.00 ↓ -64%
Humana HMO $14.43 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $15.60 ↓ -60%
Solis Health Plan MCR $16.92 ↓ -57%
United PPO OptionsPPO $17.16 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $17.55 ↓ -55%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $19.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $19.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $19.50 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $22.52 ↓ -42%
Simply Healthcare HIX $26.37 ↓ -32%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $29.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $33.15 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $245.11 ↑ +528%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $250.27 ↑ +542%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $250.27 ↑ +542%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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