Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL

449 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1699721589

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 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.

$1.15 with BCBS vs $15,000.00 with American Health Plan — 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
BCBS MCRHMO $1.15
BCBS MCRPPO $1.15
Aetna MCR $1.35
BCBS SBN $2.24
BCBS BSL $2.24
BCBS MBN $2.24
BCBS HMO $2.85
BCBS PPO $2.85
BCBS NWB $2.85
Simply MGMCR $3.00
United OptionsPPO $4.74
BCBS PHS $4.93
Aetna ASA $5.85
Molina Healthcare HIX $6.24
Humana TRICARE $8.19
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8.78
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $9.75
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $9.75
AvMed HIXOON $9.75
Plotkin Health COMM $9.75
Evolutions COMM $10.72
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96
Multiplan Primary $15.21
PPO Next COMM $16.57
Multiplan Complementary $16.57
PPO Next PPO $16.57
NovaNet COMM $17.55
American Health Plan MCR $15,000.00
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $21.28 $10.30 – $12.23
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES $33.41 $8.19 – $18.19
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando $110.00 $8.19 – $13.96
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE not published $8.44 – $13.96
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA not published $8.19 – $18.19
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS not published $8.19 – $13.96
HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL DORAL not published $8.19 – $13.96
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL TALLAHASSEE not published $8.19 – $22.42

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