Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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.

$3.44 with Humana vs $197.55 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
Humana TRICARE $3.44
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $3.72
United AllPayerAppendix $3.80
Humana MGMCRHMO $3.80
Humana MGMCRPPO $3.80
United VACCN $3.80
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $3.80
Wellmed MGMCR $3.80
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $3.80
Hospice Big Bend FED $3.80
BCBS MCRPPO $3.88
United MCR $3.88
BCBS MCRHMO $3.88
Aetna MCR $3.89
WellCare MCR $3.99
Sunshine State MCR $3.99
American Health Plan MCR $4.03
Florida Complete Care MCR $4.07
Align Senior Care MGMCR $4.07
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $4.07
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $4.14
Centurion GVT $4.18
Clear Spring Health MCR $4.18
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $4.37
Longevity Health Plan MCR $4.56
Oscar HIX $5.13
Simply Healthcare HIX $5.93
Simply MGMCR $33.80
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $41.70
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $46.51
Prime Health WC $47.49
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $48.96
AvMed HMOFI $52.68
United OptionsPPO $53.34
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $55.97
AvMed ASOEO $61.46
Aetna ASA $65.85
Molina Healthcare HIX $70.24
Humana HMO $83.41
Humana PPO $83.41
United GlobalBenefitPlan $98.78
AvMed HIXOON $109.75
Plotkin Health COMM $109.75
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $109.75
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $109.75
Multiplan Primary $171.21
PPO Next COMM $186.57
PPO Next PPO $186.57
Multiplan Complementary $186.57
NovaNet COMM $197.55
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $35.31 $3.80 – $14.04
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