Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL

1500 LEE BLVD, LEHIGH ACRES, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1982426615

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$68.50

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.

$68.50

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.

$5.34 with Optimum Healthcare vs $63.02 with Evolutions Healthcare Systems — 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
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $5.34 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $5.34 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $5.34 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $5.34 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $10.55 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $11.23 ↓ -84%
Humana TRICARE $15.20 ↓ -78%
CareSource Tricare $15.67 ↓ -77%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $15.76 ↓ -77%
United MGMCD $16.77 ↓ -76%
Aetna MCR $16.77 ↓ -76%
WellMed MCR $16.77 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77 ↓ -76%
United MCR $17.11 ↓ -75%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.11 ↓ -75%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.11 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $17.47 ↓ -74%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.61 ↓ -74%
WellCare MCR $17.78 ↓ -74%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.45 ↓ -73%
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.79 ↓ -71%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.12 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASA $20.55 ↓ -70%
Oscar HIX $25.83 ↓ -62%
Plotkin Health COMM $34.25 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $34.25 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $51.38 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $51.38 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $63.02 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Florida hospitals

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Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $181.10 $15.93 – $27.99
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $181.10 $16.77 – $37.23
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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $258.85 $16.77 – $37.23
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