Autologous blood process 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

$978.90

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.

$978.90

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.

$74.24 with CorVel Corporation vs $881.01 with NovaNet — 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
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $74.24 ↓ -92%
Prime Health WC $75.81 ↓ -92%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $78.15 ↓ -92%
BCBS BSL $112.57 ↓ -89%
BCBS MBN $112.57 ↓ -89%
BCBS SBN $112.57 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $127.26 ↓ -87%
BCBS NWB $142.92 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $142.92 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $142.92 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $150.75 ↓ -85%
Simply Healthcare HIX $163.48 ↓ -83%
Cigna NBN $170.33 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $185.99 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $234.94 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $237.87 ↓ -76%
BCBS PHS $247.66 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $249.62 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $274.09 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $293.67 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $313.25 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $371.98 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $371.98 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $406.24 ↓ -59%
Cigna ManagedCareHMO $406.24 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $440.50 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $489.45 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $489.45 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $489.45 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $489.45 ↓ -50%
Evolutions COMM $538.39 ↓ -45%
Multiplan Primary $763.54 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $832.07 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $832.07 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $832.07 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $881.01 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Autologous blood process at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $100.40 $143.50 – $364.44
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $996.14 $177.91 – $324.87
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $224.25 $51.52 – $293.25
martin north hospital Stuart $224.25 $54.23 – $258.75
indian river hospital Vero Beach $224.25 $51.52 – $276.00
Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON $281.45 $83.36 – $282.75
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville $117.57 $143.50 – $352.62
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $137.12 $143.50 – $364.44

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