Wbc automated 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.

$2.53 with Humana vs $352.75 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 $2.53
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCR $2.54
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $2.54
Devoted Health MCR $2.54
Hospice Treasure Coast MGMCD $2.54
United Behavioral Health VACCN $2.54
CarePlus MGMCR $2.54
Wellmed MGMCR $2.54
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $2.54
Hospice of Treasure Coast COMM $2.54
United AllPayerAppendix $2.54
United GVT $2.54
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $2.54
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $2.54
BCBS MCRHMO $2.59
BCBS MCRPPO $2.59
United MCR $2.59
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $2.59
Aetna MCR $2.62
Sunshine State MCR $2.67
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $2.67
American Health Plan MCR $2.69
Florida Complete Care MCR $2.72
Cigna Healthspring MCR $2.72
Sunshine State MCD $2.79
Centurion GVT $2.79
Longevity Health Plan MCR $3.05
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $3.05
Solis Health Plan MCR $3.68
Oscar HIX $4.90
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.74
Optimum MGMCR $35.69
Freedom Health MGMCR $35.69
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $53.95
AvMed HIX $53.95
Freedom Health MGMCD $66.40
Molina MCR $78.85
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $88.39
AvMed FullyInsured $99.60
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $105.83
AvMed Select $107.90
AvMed Focus $107.90
AvMed Empower $107.90
AvMed Engage $107.90
AvMed Flex $107.90
Molina HIX $112.05
AvMed ASOEO $116.20
Aetna ASA $124.50
Humana HMO $153.55
Humana PPO $166.00
United PPO OptionsPPO $182.60
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $186.75
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $207.50
Plotkin Health COMM $207.50
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $207.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $212.10
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $216.56
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $216.56
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $311.25
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $352.75
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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