Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$317.63

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.

$317.63

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.

$8.56 with Humana vs $292.22 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 $8.56 ↓ -97%
CareSource Tricare $8.82 ↓ -97%
WellMed MCR $9.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $9.44 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $9.44 ↓ -97%
United MCR $9.63 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.63 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.63 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $9.91 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCR $10.01 ↓ -97%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $10.38 ↓ -97%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.14 ↓ -96%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.33 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $14.54 ↓ -95%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $24.78 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $24.78 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $24.78 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $24.78 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $48.92 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $52.09 ↓ -84%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $73.05 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $81.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $95.29 ↓ -70%
Plotkin Health COMM $158.81 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $158.81 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $238.22 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $238.22 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $292.22 ↓ -8%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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