Lymph vessel x-ray trunk 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.

$2,258.30 with CIGNA vs $6,833.27 with UHC NHP — 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
CIGNA 2532_CIGNA BMFL 20250701 $2,258.30
UHC HMO 2527_UNITED HEALTH CARE HMO BMFL 20250701 $6,833.27
UHC NHP 2528_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP BMFL 20250701 $6,833.27

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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL PANAMA CITY not published $2,078.87 – $6,438.74
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $11,980.00 $2,231.43 – $6,438.74
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $17,856.80 $34.81 – $23,075.80
martin north hospital Stuart $210.60 $31.14 – $3,627.02
indian river hospital Vero Beach $210.60 $30.94 – $3,627.02
Baptist Hospital MIAMI $2,634.45 $173.17 – $3,692.97
Bethesda Hospital East BOYNTON BEACH $2,634.45 $371.00 – $3,647.70
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $3,199.95 $468.00 – $3,367.59

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