Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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.

$2.50 with Freedom Health Care vs $29.44 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 $2.50
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $2.50
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $2.50
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $2.50
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $4.93
United OptionsPPO $5.25
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $7.36
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $8.16
Aetna ASA $9.60
Humana TRICARE $14.57
CareSource Tricare $15.02
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $16.00
Plotkin Health COMM $16.00
WellMed MCR $16.07
Aetna MCR $16.07
United MGMCD $16.07
United AllPayerAppendix $16.07
BCBS MCRPPO $16.39
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.39
United MCR $16.39
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $16.87
WellCare MCR $17.03
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $17.68
Simply Healthcare HIX $18.96
Longevity Health Plan MCR $19.28
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $24.00
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $24.00
Oscar HIX $24.75
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $29.44
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $267.33 $15.27 – $26.82
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $267.33 $16.07 – $35.68
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $267.33 $15.27 – $34.32
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $248.04 $16.07 – $35.68
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $248.81 $15.27 – $35.10
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $118.18 $16.07 – $29.34
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