Blood Draw (Venipuncture) 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$70.00

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.

$70.00

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.

$3.00 with United vs $12,500.00 with Ultimate 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
United AllPayerAppendix $3.00 ↓ -96%
Humana TRICARE $9.06 ↓ -87%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $9.15 ↓ -87%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.34 ↓ -87%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $9.34 ↓ -87%
Humana MGMCRHMO $9.34 ↓ -87%
Hospice Big Bend FED $9.34 ↓ -87%
Wellmed MGMCR $9.34 ↓ -87%
United VACCN $9.34 ↓ -87%
Humana MGMCRPPO $9.34 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.53 ↓ -86%
United MCR $9.53 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.53 ↓ -86%
WellCare MCR $9.81 ↓ -86%
Sunshine State MCR $9.81 ↓ -86%
Aetna MCR $9.90 ↓ -86%
American Health Plan MCR $9.90 ↓ -86%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $9.99 ↓ -86%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $9.99 ↓ -86%
Florida Complete Care MCR $9.99 ↓ -86%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $10.18 ↓ -85%
Centurion GVT $10.27 ↓ -85%
Clear Spring Health MCR $10.27 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHP $10.64 ↓ -85%
Simply MGMCR $10.78 ↓ -85%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.21 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $12.61 ↓ -82%
Simply Healthcare HIX $14.57 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO $14.77 ↓ -79%
Aetna PPO $14.77 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO/PPO $15.54 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $17.01 ↓ -76%
AvMed HMOFI $17.50 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $17.85 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $21.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $21.00 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.40 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $31.50 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $35.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $35.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $35.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $35.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $54.60 ↓ -22%
PPO Next PPO $59.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $59.50 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $59.50 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $63.00 ↓ -10%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $3,950.00 ↑ +5543%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $12,500.00 ↑ +17757%

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Blood Draw (Venipuncture) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $156.80 $3.00 – $16.82
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $30.06 $8.87 – $15.59
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $27.81 $9.34 – $20.73
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $25.50 $8.87 – $19.95
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $37.92 $9.34 – $20.73
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $28.15 $8.87 – $20.40
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $22.15 $9.34 – $17.05
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $24.05 $2.34 – $37.00

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