Lead capillary 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.

$0.31 with Optimum Healthcare vs $18.65 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 $0.31 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.31 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.31 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.31 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $0.62 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $0.66 ↓ -84%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $0.92 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.02 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $1.20 ↓ -70%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2.00 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $3.00 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $3.00 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $3.68 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $10.98 ↑ +175%
CareSource Tricare $11.32 ↑ +183%
WellMed MCR $12.11 ↑ +203%
Aetna MCR $12.11 ↑ +203%
United MGMCD $12.11 ↑ +203%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.11 ↑ +203%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.35 ↑ +209%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.35 ↑ +209%
United MCR $12.35 ↑ +209%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $12.72 ↑ +218%
WellCare MCR $12.84 ↑ +221%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.32 ↑ +233%
Simply Healthcare HIX $14.29 ↑ +257%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $14.53 ↑ +263%
Oscar HIX $18.65 ↑ +366%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Lead capillary at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $70.10 $11.50 – $20.21
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $84.11 $12.11 – $26.88
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $70.10 $11.50 – $25.87
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $186.92 $12.11 – $26.88
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $40.25 $11.50 – $26.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $89.86 $12.11 – $22.11
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $68.90 $5.25 – $18.67
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