Speech evaluation complex at Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.)

3801 US-98 Port St, Joe, FL · Ascension · · NPI 1083941678

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 7, 2026

$234.80

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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$587.00

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.

$205.59 with AETNA vs $584.69 with OCCUNET — 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 760_AETNA 20250701 $205.59 ↓ -12%
WELLCARE 758_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $259.86 ↑ +11%
WELLCARE 813_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT 20251001 $259.86 ↑ +11%
VETERAN 806_VETERAN INPATIENT 20251001 $259.86 ↑ +11%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 732_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $259.86 ↑ +11%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 811_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $259.86 ↑ +11%
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 729_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $259.86 ↑ +11%
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 808_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE INPATIENT 20251001 $259.86 ↑ +11%
VETERAN 726_VETERAN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $259.86 ↑ +11%
UHC MEDICARE 787_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250501 $262.46 ↑ +12%
UHC MEDICARE 819_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $262.46 ↑ +12%
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 730_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSRPING OUTPATIENT 20250101 $262.46 ↑ +12%
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 809_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT 20251001 $265.06 ↑ +13%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 728_AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $267.66 ↑ +14%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 807_AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $267.66 ↑ +14%
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 731_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $267.66 ↑ +14%
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 810_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT 20251001 $267.66 ↑ +14%
CIGNA 775_CIGNA 20250701 $322.85 ↑ +38%
SMARTHEALTH 734_SMARTHEALTH PPO OUTPATIENT 20250101 $363.80 ↑ +55%
SMARTHEALTH 816_SMARTHEALTH PPO INPATIENT 20251001 $363.80 ↑ +55%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 742_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250401 $415.78 ↑ +77%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 815_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN INPATIENT 20251001 $415.78 ↑ +77%
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 817_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL INPATIENT 20251001 $428.77 ↑ +83%
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 725_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL OUTPATIENT 20250101 $428.77 ↑ +83%
OCCUNET 582_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET OUTPATIENT 20221201 $480.74 ↑ +105%
UHC NHP 767_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP SH 20250701 $525.31 ↑ +124%
UHC 766_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $525.31 ↑ +124%
OCCUNET 812_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20251001 $584.69 ↑ +149%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $360.80 $205.59 – $525.31
HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL DORAL $1,133.00 $517.79 – $2,449.47
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AdventHealth Orlando Orlando $1,783.00 $244.59 – $660.29
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa $917.20 $209.23 – $553.15
HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL NORTH $3,641.44 $517.79 – $2,280.55
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