Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination 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

$92.00

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$230.00

Gross charge

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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.

$49.47 with UHC HMO vs $120.67 with OCCUNET — same scan, same building. Share

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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
UHC HMO 2527_UNITED HEALTH CARE HMO BMFL 20250701 $49.47 ↓ -46%
UHC NHP 2528_UNITED HEALTH CARE NHP BMFL 20250701 $49.47 ↓ -46%
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 2432_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $53.63 ↓ -42%
FACILITY BILLING - OP 1472_FACILITY BILLING OUTPATIENT PSH 20190101 $53.63 ↓ -42%
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2608_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $53.63 ↓ -42%
WELLCARE 2492_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $53.63 ↓ -42%
WELLCARE 2604_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $53.63 ↓ -42%
BLUE MCR REPLACEMENT 2596_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $53.63 ↓ -42%
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2439_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $53.63 ↓ -42%
UHC MEDICARE 2614_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $54.17 ↓ -41%
UHC MEDICARE 2550_UHC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250501 $54.17 ↓ -41%
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2434_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $54.17 ↓ -41%
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2598_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CIGNA HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $54.70 ↓ -41%
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2430_AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $55.24 ↓ -40%
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 2600_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $55.24 ↓ -40%
HUMANA GOLD CHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 2436_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA GOLD OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $55.24 ↓ -40%
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2594_AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT BMFL 20251001 $55.24 ↓ -40%
SMARTHEALTH 2442_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $75.08 ↓ -18%
SMARTHEALTH 2610_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $75.08 ↓ -18%
AETNA 2495_AETNA BMFL 20250701 $78.38 ↓ -15%
ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION 2431_ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION MEDICARE OUTPATIENT BMFL 20250101 $80.45 ↓ -13%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 2456_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250401 $85.81 ↓ -7%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 2609_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN INPATIENT 20251001 $85.81 ↓ -7%
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 2611_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL INPATIENT PSH 20251001 $88.49 ↓ -4%
AMBETTER COMMERCIAL-EXCHANGE 2426_SUNSHINE HEALTH AMBETTER COMMERCIAL OUTPATIENT PSH 20250101 $88.49 ↓ -4%
OCCUNET 2114_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET OUTPATIENT 20221201 $99.22 ↑ +8%
CIGNA 2532_CIGNA BMFL 20250701 $120.48 ↑ +31%
OCCUNET 2603_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OCCUNET INPATIENT 20251001 $120.67 ↑ +31%

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