Assay of sialic acid at HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL
449 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1699721589
$19.85
Cash price 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.
$19.85
Gross charge 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.
$3.06 with Simply vs $34.84 with Careworks (Rockport Community) — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simply | MGMCR | $3.06 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina Healthcare | MGMCR | $3.77 | ↓ -81% |
| AvMed | HMOFI | $4.76 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $5.06 | ↓ -75% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $5.56 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | ASA | $5.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $6.35 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $7.54 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | PPO | $7.54 | ↓ -62% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $8.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | WORKERSCOMP | $9.93 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | HIXOON | $9.93 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $9.93 | ↓ -50% |
| Prime Health Sheriff | COMM | $9.93 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $12.18 | ↓ -39% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $13.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Wellmed | MGMCR | $13.44 | ↓ -32% |
| Veterans Evaluation Services | MCR | $13.44 | ↓ -32% |
| Hospice Big Bend | FED | $13.44 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $13.44 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $13.44 | ↓ -32% |
| United | VACCN | $13.44 | ↓ -32% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.44 | ↓ -32% |
| NDMS Definitive Care | MGMCR | $13.44 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $13.71 | ↓ -31% |
| United | MCR | $13.71 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $13.71 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.78 | ↓ -31% |
| WellCare | MCR | $14.11 | ↓ -29% |
| Sunshine State | MCR | $14.11 | ↓ -29% |
| American Health Plan | MCR | $14.25 | ↓ -28% |
| Align Senior Care | MGMCR | $14.38 | ↓ -28% |
| Florida Complete Care | MCR | $14.38 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthspring of Florida | MGMGR | $14.38 | ↓ -28% |
| Gold Kidney of Florida | MCR | $14.65 | ↓ -26% |
| Centurion | GVT | $14.78 | ↓ -26% |
| Clear Spring Health | MCR | $14.78 | ↓ -26% |
| Ultimate Health Plan | MCR | $15.46 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | Primary | $15.48 | ↓ -22% |
| Longevity Health Plan | MCR | $16.13 | ↓ -19% |
| PPO Next | COMM | $16.87 | ↓ -15% |
| PPO Next | PPO | $16.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | Complementary | $16.87 | ↓ -15% |
| NovaNet | COMM | $17.87 | ↓ -10% |
| Oscar | HIX | $18.14 | ↓ -9% |
| Simply Healthcare | HIX | $20.97 | ↑ +6% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $33.10 | ↑ +67% |
| Prime Health | WC | $33.79 | ↑ +70% |
| Careworks (Rockport Community) | WORKERSCOMP | $34.84 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Assay of sialic acid at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) | Panama City | $12.03 | $13.44 – $50.96 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $95.55 | $5.78 – $124.95 |
| martin north hospital | Stuart | $95.55 | $6.08 – $110.25 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $53.30 | $13.44 – $53.55 |
| HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL | TAMPA | $20.06 | $12.18 – $36.82 |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) | Pensacola | $12.03 | $13.44 – $50.96 |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) | Joe | $12.03 | $13.44 – $50.96 |
| HCA FLORIDA KENDALL HOSPITAL | DORAL | $404.00 | $13.31 – $39.55 |