Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$363.00

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.

$363.00

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.

$6.64 with Humana vs $326.70 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 $6.64 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $7.18 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCRHMO $7.33 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCRPPO $7.33 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $7.33 ↓ -98%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $7.33 ↓ -98%
Wellmed MGMCR $7.33 ↓ -98%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $7.33 ↓ -98%
Hospice Big Bend FED $7.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.48 ↓ -98%
United MCR $7.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $7.48 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $7.51 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $7.70 ↓ -98%
Sunshine State MCR $7.70 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MCR $7.77 ↓ -98%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $7.84 ↓ -98%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $7.99 ↓ -98%
Centurion GVT $8.06 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.06 ↓ -98%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.43 ↓ -98%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.80 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $9.90 ↓ -97%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.43 ↓ -97%
Simply MGMCR $55.90 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $68.97 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $84.98 ↓ -77%
Prime Health WC $86.77 ↓ -76%
AvMed HMOFI $87.12 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $88.21 ↓ -76%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $89.45 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $92.56 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $101.64 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $108.90 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $116.16 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $137.94 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $137.94 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $163.35 ↓ -55%
AvMed HIXOON $181.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $181.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $181.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $181.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $283.14 ↓ -22%
PPO Next COMM $308.55 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $308.55 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $308.55 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $326.70 ↓ -10%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $37.59 $7.33 – $28.04
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $217.41 $6.96 – $12.23
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $217.41 $7.33 – $16.27
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $220.69 $6.96 – $15.66
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $148.96 $7.33 – $16.27
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Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $54.16 $7.33 – $13.38
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