Culture afb any source 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

$2.86

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.

$2.86

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.

$0.22 with Optimum Healthcare vs $16.63 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 $0.22 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.22 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.22 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.22 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $0.44 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $0.47 ↓ -84%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $0.66 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $0.73 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $0.86 ↓ -70%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1.43 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $1.43 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $2.15 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $2.15 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $2.63 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $9.79 ↑ +242%
CareSource Tricare $10.09 ↑ +253%
WellMed MCR $10.80 ↑ +278%
Aetna MCR $10.80 ↑ +278%
United MGMCD $10.80 ↑ +278%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.80 ↑ +278%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.02 ↑ +285%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.02 ↑ +285%
United MCR $11.02 ↑ +285%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $11.34 ↑ +297%
WellCare MCR $11.45 ↑ +300%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $11.88 ↑ +315%
Simply Healthcare HIX $12.74 ↑ +345%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $12.96 ↑ +353%
Oscar HIX $16.63 ↑ +481%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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