Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$56.25

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.

$56.25

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.

$8.66 with Simply vs $80.04 with Simply Healthcare — 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 $8.66 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $10.69 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $13.50 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $13.67 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $14.34 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $15.75 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $16.88 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.00 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $21.38 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $21.38 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $25.31 ↓ -55%
AvMed HIXOON $28.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $28.13 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $28.13 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $28.13 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $43.88 ↓ -22%
Humana TRICARE $46.50 ↓ -17%
PPO Next PPO $47.81 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $47.81 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $47.81 ↓ -15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $50.28 ↓ -11%
NovaNet COMM $50.63 ↓ -10%
Hospice Big Bend FED $51.31 ↓ -9%
Humana MGMCRHMO $51.31 ↓ -9%
Humana MGMCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -9%
United VACCN $51.31 ↓ -9%
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31 ↓ -9%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -9%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $51.31 ↓ -9%
Wellmed MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -9%
United MCR $52.34 ↓ -7%
BCBS MCRHMO $52.34 ↓ -7%
BCBS MCRPPO $52.34 ↓ -7%
Aetna MCR $52.59 ↓ -7%
Sunshine State MCR $53.88 ↓ -4%
WellCare MCR $53.88 ↓ -4%
American Health Plan MCR $54.39 ↓ -3%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $54.90 ↓ -2%
Florida Complete Care MCR $54.90 ↓ -2%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $54.90 ↓ -2%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $55.93 ↓ -1%
Clear Spring Health MCR $56.44 ↑ +0%
Centurion GVT $56.44 ↑ +0%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $59.01 ↑ +5%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $61.57 ↑ +9%
Oscar HIX $69.27 ↑ +23%
Simply Healthcare HIX $80.04 ↑ +42%
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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