Higher initial price than quoted?

Hi folks, I was trying to set up as a new customer, but the final pricing page showed a higher base price than what was shown on the website - something like $4.50 vs $3.50. In addition, the extra government fees brought monthly charge to over $6.

Tbh I'm only looking to use this SIM in a backup 4G modem, and I don't need voice or anything but data really. And the amount of data doesn't even need to be huge – it'll likely be only a few GBs/year..

So is there really no way to avoid those government fees, even if I turn off voice & text?

And what about the price in the app being higher than on the website?

Honest question, since the real price was an unpleasant surprised after what I saw on the website, sadly.

EDIT: I finally activated the plan, immediately removed text & talk, and now the plan is down to what I really wanted. Amazing deal! (Btw, I didn't mean to complain - it was already cheap to start with; just wanted to note that it was a little confusing in the beginning)