Blood Culture Test at HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL
1500 LEE BLVD, LEHIGH ACRES, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1982426615
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Cash price 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 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.
$9.35 with Humana vs $1,996.11 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | TRICARE | $9.35 | — |
| CareSource | Tricare | $9.64 | — |
| WellMed | MCR | $10.32 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $10.32 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10.32 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $10.32 | — |
| United | MCR | $10.53 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $10.53 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $10.53 | — |
| HUMANA | MGMCRPPO | $10.84 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $10.94 | — |
| HUMANA | MGMCRHMO | $11.35 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $12.18 | — |
| Longevity Health Plan | MCR | $12.38 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $15.89 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRHMO | $169.24 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | MCRPPO | $169.24 | — |
| Optimum Healthcare | PFFS | $169.24 | — |
| Freedom Health Care | MGMGR | $169.24 | — |
| Simply Healthcare | MGMCR | $334.13 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $355.83 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PrimeTier1 | $499.03 | — |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $553.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $650.90 | — |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $1,084.84 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | PRIMENETWORK | $1,084.84 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | SELECTNETWORK | $1,627.26 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | ADVANTAGENETWORK | $1,627.26 | — |
| Evolutions Healthcare Systems | CHOICENETWORK | $1,996.11 | — |
| Aetna | GatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NonGatedCOMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood Culture Test at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $281.21 | $9.80 – $17.22 |
| Adventhealth Lake Wales | Lake Wales | $633.35 | $10.32 – $22.91 |
| Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | $348.02 | $9.80 – $22.04 |
| Adventhealth Tampa | Tampa | $568.37 | $10.32 – $22.91 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | $243.53 | $9.80 – $22.54 |
| HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE | $86.00 | $8.26 – $250.98 |
| Adventhealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | $76.33 | $10.32 – $18.84 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $161.85 | $4.02 – $211.65 |