St evaluation swallow function 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.

$79.20 with Humana vs $99.84 with Longevity Health Plan — 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
Humana TRICARE $79.20
CareSource Tricare $81.65
Aetna MCR $83.20
WellMed MCR $83.20
United MGMCD $83.20
BCBS MCRPPO $84.86
United MCR $84.86
BCBS MGMCRHMO $84.86
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $87.36
WellCare MCR $88.19
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $91.52
Longevity Health Plan MCR $99.84

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St evaluation swallow function at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $426.39 $55.93 – $98.25
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $615.21 $58.87 – $130.69
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $575.86 not published
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $612.12 $58.87 – $130.69
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $443.24 $55.93 – $128.60
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,544.00 $66.56 – $99.84
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $829.68 not published
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $463.45 $47.66 – $606.05

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