C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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

$8.50

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.

$8.50

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.

$0.66 with Optimum Healthcare vs $19.94 with Oscar — 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 MCRPPO $0.66 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.66 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.66 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.66 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $1.31 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1.39 ↓ -84%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1.96 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.17 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $2.55 ↓ -70%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $4.25 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4.25 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $6.38 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $6.38 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $7.82 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $11.74 ↑ +38%
CareSource Tricare $12.10 ↑ +42%
WellMed MCR $12.95 ↑ +52%
Aetna MCR $12.95 ↑ +52%
United MGMCD $12.95 ↑ +52%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.95 ↑ +52%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.21 ↑ +55%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.21 ↑ +55%
United MCR $13.21 ↑ +55%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.60 ↑ +60%
WellCare MCR $13.73 ↑ +62%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $14.25 ↑ +68%
Simply Healthcare HIX $15.28 ↑ +80%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.54 ↑ +83%
Oscar HIX $19.94 ↑ +135%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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