ER Visit (level 4) 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.

$427.43 with BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT vs $3,685.00 with BCBS PPO — 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
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 2432_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $427.43
WELLCARE 2604_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $427.43
WELLCARE 2492_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $427.43
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2439_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $427.43
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2608_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $427.43
FACILITY BILLING - OP 1472_FACILITY BILLING OUTPATIENT PSH 20190101 $427.43
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 2596_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $427.43
UHC MEDICARE 2550_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250501 $431.70
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2434_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $431.70
UHC MEDICARE 2614_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $431.70
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2598_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $435.98
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 2600_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $440.25
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 2436_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $440.25
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2594_AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $440.25
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2430_AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $440.25
SMARTHEALTH 2442_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $598.40
SMARTHEALTH 2610_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $598.40
ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION 2431_ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION MEDICARE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $641.14
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 2609_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN INPATIENT 20251001 $683.89
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 2456_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250401 $683.89
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 2426_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $705.26
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 2611_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $705.26
OCCUNET 2114_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET OUTPATIENT 20221201 $790.75
OCCUNET 2603_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20251001 $961.72
BMFL NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PARTNERSHIP 20201115 1772_BMFL NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PARTNERSHIP 20201115 $1,213.00
CIGNA 2532_CIGNA BMFL 20250701 $1,223.00
UHC NHP 2528_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP BMFL 20250701 $1,570.00
UHC HMO 2527_UNITED HEALTH CARE HMO BMFL 20250701 $1,744.00
BCBS BSL 2516_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BSL BMFL 20250701 $1,782.00
BCBS MBN 2517_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MBN BMFL 20250701 $1,782.00
BCBS SBN 2519_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SBN BMFL 20250701 $2,095.00
BCBS HMO 2518_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO BMFL 20250701 $2,095.00
AETNA 2495_AETNA BMFL 20250701 $2,599.00
BCBS NWB 2520_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NWB BMFL 20250701 $2,970.00
BCBS PHS 2521_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PHS BMFL 20250701 $3,685.00
BCBS PPO 2522_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO BMFL 20250701 $3,685.00

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ER Visit (level 4) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL PANAMA CITY not published $130.15 – $137.00
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $2,233.14 $413.95 – $727.25
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $1,991.01 $435.74 – $967.34
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $1,946.01 $413.95 – $930.69
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $2,959.97 $435.74 – $967.34
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $2,469.48 $413.95 – $951.87
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $5,468.64 $435.74 – $795.66
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