Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL

1500 LEE BLVD, LEHIGH ACRES, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1982426615

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$2,090.72

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.

$2,090.72

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.

$83.07 with Humana vs $1,923.46 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
Humana TRICARE $83.07 ↓ -96%
WellMed MCR $83.20 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $84.86 ↓ -96%
United MCR $84.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $84.86 ↓ -96%
CareSource Tricare $85.64 ↓ -96%
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $87.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $88.19 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCR $88.19 ↓ -96%
Doctors Healthcare Plan MGMCR $91.52 ↓ -96%
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $91.52 ↓ -96%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $99.84 ↓ -95%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $163.08 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $163.08 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $163.08 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $163.08 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $265.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHP $309.43 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $313.61 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $321.97 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $332.42 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $363.79 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $363.79 ↓ -83%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $480.87 ↓ -77%
Aetna GatedCOMM $497.59 ↓ -76%
Aetna NonGatedCOMM $497.59 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $533.13 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASA $627.22 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $919.92 ↓ -56%
Plotkin Health COMM $1,045.36 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $1,045.36 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $1,568.04 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $1,568.04 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $1,923.46 ↓ -8%

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Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) 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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