Chromatography 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

$8.25

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.

$8.25

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.

$1.27 with Simply vs $69.68 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.

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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
Simply MGMCR $1.27 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1.57 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $1.98 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2.00 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.10 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $2.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2.48 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.64 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3.13 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $3.13 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3.71 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4.13 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $4.13 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4.13 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $6.43 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $7.01 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $7.01 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $7.01 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $7.42 ↓ -10%
Humana TRICARE $16.37 ↑ +98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $17.70 ↑ +115%
United VACCN $18.06 ↑ +119%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↑ +119%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $18.06 ↑ +119%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $18.06 ↑ +119%
Hospice Big Bend FED $18.06 ↑ +119%
Humana MGMCRHMO $18.06 ↑ +119%
Wellmed MGMCR $18.06 ↑ +119%
Humana MGMCRPPO $18.06 ↑ +119%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.42 ↑ +123%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.42 ↑ +123%
United MCR $18.42 ↑ +123%
Aetna MCR $18.51 ↑ +124%
Sunshine State MCR $18.96 ↑ +130%
WellCare MCR $18.96 ↑ +130%
American Health Plan MCR $19.14 ↑ +132%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $19.32 ↑ +134%
Florida Complete Care MCR $19.32 ↑ +134%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $19.32 ↑ +134%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $19.69 ↑ +139%
Clear Spring Health MCR $19.87 ↑ +141%
Centurion GVT $19.87 ↑ +141%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $20.77 ↑ +152%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $21.67 ↑ +163%
Oscar HIX $24.38 ↑ +196%
Simply Healthcare HIX $28.17 ↑ +241%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $66.20 ↑ +702%
Prime Health WC $67.59 ↑ +719%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $69.68 ↑ +745%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Chromatography at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $13.02 $18.06 – $67.56
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $27.93 $17.16 – $30.14
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $56.89 $18.06 – $40.09
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $31.04 $17.16 – $38.57
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $278.75 $18.06 – $40.09
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $96.75 $17.16 – $39.45
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $10.00 $14.45 – $72.55
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $132.94 $18.06 – $32.98

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