Protein s total 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

$4.75

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.

$4.75

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.

$0.37 with Optimum Healthcare vs $17.88 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 $0.37 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $0.37 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $0.37 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $0.37 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $0.73 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $0.78 ↓ -84%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $1.09 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.21 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $1.43 ↓ -70%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $2.38 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2.38 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $3.56 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $3.56 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $4.37 ↓ -8%
Humana TRICARE $10.52 ↑ +121%
CareSource Tricare $10.85 ↑ +128%
WellMed MCR $11.61 ↑ +144%
Aetna MCR $11.61 ↑ +144%
United MGMCD $11.61 ↑ +144%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.61 ↑ +144%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.84 ↑ +149%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.84 ↑ +149%
United MCR $11.84 ↑ +149%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $12.19 ↑ +157%
WellCare MCR $12.31 ↑ +159%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $12.77 ↑ +169%
Simply Healthcare HIX $13.70 ↑ +188%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $13.93 ↑ +193%
Oscar HIX $17.88 ↑ +276%
Aetna GatedCOMM not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna NonGatedCOMM not published by hospital

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Protein s total at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $40.47 $11.03 – $19.38
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $36.57 $11.61 – $25.77
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $35.28 $11.03 – $24.80
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $179.20 $11.61 – $25.77
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $33.60 $11.03 – $25.36
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $77.91 $11.61 – $21.20
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $16.25 $2.12 – $21.25
martin north hospital Stuart $16.25 $2.23 – $18.75

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