Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$129.38

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.

$129.38

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.

$10.09 with Freedom Health Care vs $119.03 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
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $10.09 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $10.09 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $10.09 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $10.09 ↓ -92%
Humana TRICARE $15.29 ↓ -88%
CareSource Tricare $15.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna MCR $16.87 ↓ -87%
United MGMCD $16.87 ↓ -87%
WellMed MCR $16.87 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.21 ↓ -87%
United MCR $17.21 ↓ -87%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.21 ↓ -87%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $17.71 ↓ -86%
WellCare MCR $17.88 ↓ -86%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $18.56 ↓ -86%
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.91 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $19.92 ↓ -85%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $20.24 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $21.22 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $25.98 ↓ -80%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $29.76 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $32.99 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $38.81 ↓ -70%
Plotkin Health COMM $64.69 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $64.69 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $97.03 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $97.03 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $119.03 ↓ -8%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $129.58 $16.03 – $28.16
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $53.14 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $139.55 $16.03 – $36.03
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $260.39 $16.87 – $37.45
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $112.41 $16.87 – $30.80
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $94.25 $5.78 – $61.20
martin north hospital Stuart $94.25 $6.08 – $54.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $94.25 $5.78 – $57.60

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