Procalcitonin 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

$242.39

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.

$242.39

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.

$18.91 with Freedom Health Care vs $223.00 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 $18.91 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $18.91 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $18.91 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $18.91 ↓ -92%
Humana TRICARE $24.67 ↓ -90%
CareSource Tricare $25.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCR $27.22 ↓ -89%
United MGMCD $27.22 ↓ -89%
WellMed MCR $27.22 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.22 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRPPO $27.76 ↓ -89%
United MCR $27.76 ↓ -89%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $27.76 ↓ -89%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $28.58 ↓ -88%
WellCare MCR $28.85 ↓ -88%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $29.94 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare HIX $32.12 ↓ -87%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $32.66 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $37.33 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $39.75 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $41.92 ↓ -83%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $55.75 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $61.81 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASA $72.72 ↓ -70%
Plotkin Health COMM $121.19 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $121.19 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $181.79 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $181.79 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $223.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Procalcitonin at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $255.82 $25.86 – $45.43
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $255.82 $27.22 – $60.43
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $255.82 $25.86 – $58.14
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $197.94 $27.22 – $60.43
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $219.28 $25.86 – $59.46
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $181.42 $27.22 – $49.70
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