Culture anaerobic except blood 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.

$8.58 with Humana vs $511.20 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 $8.58
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $9.28
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47
Humana MGMCRHMO $9.47
Humana MGMCRPPO $9.47
United VACCN $9.47
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $9.47
Wellmed MGMCR $9.47
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $9.47
Hospice Big Bend FED $9.47
BCBS MCRPPO $9.66
United MCR $9.66
BCBS MCRHMO $9.66
Aetna MCR $9.71
WellCare MCR $9.94
Sunshine State MCR $9.94
American Health Plan MCR $10.04
Florida Complete Care MCR $10.13
Align Senior Care MGMCR $10.13
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $10.13
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $10.32
Centurion GVT $10.42
Clear Spring Health MCR $10.42
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $10.89
Longevity Health Plan MCR $11.36
Oscar HIX $12.78
Simply Healthcare HIX $14.77
Simply MGMCR $87.47
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $107.92
AvMed HMOFI $136.32
United OptionsPPO $138.02
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $144.84
AvMed ASOEO $159.04
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $167.28
Aetna ASA $170.40
Prime Health WC $170.80
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $176.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $181.76
Humana HMO $215.84
Humana PPO $215.84
United GlobalBenefitPlan $255.60
AvMed HIXOON $284.00
Plotkin Health COMM $284.00
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $284.00
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $284.00
Multiplan Primary $443.04
PPO Next COMM $482.80
PPO Next PPO $482.80
Multiplan Complementary $482.80
NovaNet COMM $511.20
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $114.48 $9.47 – $35.68
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $236.93 $9.00 – $15.81
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $29.83 $9.47 – $21.02
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $32.00 $9.00 – $20.23
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $447.53 $9.47 – $21.02
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $55.01 $9.00 – $20.69
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $70.16 $9.47 – $17.29
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