Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$152.55

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.

$152.55

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.

$11.90 with Optimum Healthcare vs $140.35 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 $11.90 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $11.90 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $11.90 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $11.90 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.37 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $22.88 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $23.49 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $25.02 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -78%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $35.09 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $38.90 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $45.77 ↓ -70%
Plotkin Health COMM $76.28 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $76.28 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $114.41 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $114.41 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $140.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $439.36 not published
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,024.75 $39.00 – $86.59
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $492.75 $37.05 – $83.31
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $639.19 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $169.00 not published
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $406.00 $33.84 – $301.96
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $225.94 $39.00 – $71.22
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $455.65 $30.30 – $106.00

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