Foam drg >16<=48 sq in without b 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

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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.

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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.

$27.55 with Humana vs $34.08 with Longevity Health Plan — 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 $27.55
CareSource Tricare $28.40
Aetna MCR $28.40
WellMed MCR $28.40
United MGMCD $28.40
BCBS MCRPPO $28.97
United MCR $28.97
BCBS MGMCRHMO $28.97
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $29.82
WellCare MCR $30.10
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $31.24
Longevity Health Plan MCR $34.08

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Foam drg >16<=48 sq in without b at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $55.90 $10.88 – $86.00
martin north hospital Stuart $26.65 $8.53 – $30.75
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $39.00 $10.38 – $173.17
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $39.00 $12.06 – $54.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $39.00 $10.50 – $54.00
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $39.00 $10.44 – $54.00
Fishermens Community Hospital MARATHON $39.00 $10.02 – $54.00
Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD $39.00 $10.20 – $167.89

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