Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$15.90

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.

$15.90

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.

$1.10 with Aetna vs $25.84 with United — 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
Aetna MCR $1.10 ↓ -93%
Optimum Healthcare PFFS $1.24 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRPPO $1.24 ↓ -92%
Optimum Healthcare MCRHMO $1.24 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health Care MGMGR $1.24 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare HIX $2.02 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $2.38 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare MGMCR $2.45 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2.61 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $2.77 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $2.77 ↓ -83%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PrimeTier1 $3.66 ↓ -77%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $4.05 ↓ -75%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems PRIMENETWORK $7.95 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $7.95 ↓ -50%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems ADVANTAGENETWORK $11.93 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems SELECTNETWORK $11.93 ↓ -25%
Evolutions Healthcare Systems CHOICENETWORK $14.63 ↓ -8%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.84 ↑ +63%

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $24.05 $6.22 – $1,390.00
martin north hospital Stuart $24.05 $7.70 – $649.00
indian river hospital Vero Beach $24.05 $8.70 – $1,575.00
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2.60 $0.69 – $173.17
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $2.60 $0.80 – $4.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $66.95 $37.08 – $103.00
Doctors Hospital CORAL GABLES $2.60 $0.70 – $3.60
Baptist Health Hospital Doral SOUTH MIAMI $2.60 $0.70 – $3.60

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