Assay of fluoride at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.)

615 N. Bonita Ave, Panama City, FL · Ascension · · NPI 1720078041

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

$18.54 with WELLCARE vs $70.08 with CIGNA — 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
WELLCARE 2492_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $18.54
WELLCARE 2604_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $18.54
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2439_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $18.54
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2608_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $18.54
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 2432_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $18.54
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 2596_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $18.54
FACILITY BILLING - OP 1472_FACILITY BILLING OUTPATIENT PSH 20190101 $18.54
UHC HMO 2527_UNITED HEALTH CARE HMO BMFL 20250701 $18.54
UHC NHP 2528_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP BMFL 20250701 $18.54
UHC MEDICARE 2550_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250501 $18.73
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2434_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $18.73
UHC MEDICARE 2614_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $18.73
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2598_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $18.91
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2430_AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $19.10
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 2436_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $19.10
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 2600_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $19.10
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2594_AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $19.10
SMARTHEALTH 2442_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $25.96
SMARTHEALTH 2610_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $25.96
ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION 2431_ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION MEDICARE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $27.81
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 2609_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN INPATIENT 20251001 $29.66
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 2456_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250401 $29.66
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 2426_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $30.59
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 2611_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $30.59
OCCUNET 2114_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET OUTPATIENT 20221201 $34.30
OCCUNET 2603_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20251001 $41.71
AETNA 2495_AETNA BMFL 20250701 $50.99
CIGNA 2532_CIGNA BMFL 20250701 $70.08

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Assay of fluoride at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL PANAMA CITY not published $16.80 – $165.72
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $283.40 $5.78 – $370.60
martin north hospital Stuart $283.40 $6.08 – $327.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $164.45 $18.54 – $132.56
HCA FLORIDA HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL Sebring $43.13 $18.54 – $158.32
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL MIAMI $211.00 $18.35 – $188.13
HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL Palatka $272.75 $16.80 – $167.39
HCA FLORIDA TRINITY HOSPITAL TRINITY $93.50 $16.80 – $175.16

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