Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$69.83

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.

$69.83

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.

$5.45 with Freedom Health Care vs $64.24 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
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $5.45 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $5.45 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $5.45 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $5.45 ↓ -92%
Humana TRICARE $10.46 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $10.75 ↓ -85%
CareSource Tricare $10.78 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $11.45 ↓ -84%
Aetna MCR $11.54 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.54 ↓ -83%
United MGMCD $11.54 ↓ -83%
WellMed MCR $11.54 ↓ -83%
United MCR $11.77 ↓ -83%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.77 ↓ -83%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.77 ↓ -83%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $12.12 ↓ -83%
WellCare MCR $12.23 ↓ -82%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $12.69 ↓ -82%
Simply Healthcare HIX $13.62 ↓ -80%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.85 ↓ -80%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $16.06 ↓ -77%
Oscar HIX $17.77 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $17.81 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $20.95 ↓ -70%
Plotkin Health COMM $34.91 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $34.91 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $52.37 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $52.37 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $64.24 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $57.94 $10.96 – $19.26
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $66.76 $11.54 – $25.62
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $62.40 $10.96 – $24.65
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $178.12 $11.54 – $25.62
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $47.30 $10.96 – $25.21
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $84.94 $11.54 – $21.07
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