(both sides) smear without diff wbc count 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

$186.91

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.

$186.91

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.

$3.10 with Humana vs $171.96 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
Humana TRICARE $3.10 ↓ -98%
CareSource Tricare $3.20 ↓ -98%
WellMed MCR $3.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $3.43 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.43 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $3.43 ↓ -98%
United MCR $3.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.50 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $3.60 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $3.77 ↓ -98%
Simply Healthcare HIX $4.05 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.12 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $5.28 ↓ -97%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $14.58 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $14.58 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $14.58 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $14.58 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $28.78 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $30.65 ↓ -84%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $42.99 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $47.66 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $56.07 ↓ -70%
Plotkin Health COMM $93.45 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $93.45 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $140.18 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $140.18 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $171.96 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $11.91 $3.26 – $5.72
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $11.91 $3.43 – $7.61
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $11.91 $3.26 – $7.33
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $52.94 $3.43 – $7.61
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $71.76 $3.26 – $7.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $12.01 $3.43 – $6.26
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $24.64 $3.43 – $12.76
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $33.88 $3.43 – $12.76

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