Culture screening strep group a 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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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.

$1.07 with Simply vs $74.39 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 $1.07
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1.32
AvMed HMOFI $1.67
United OptionsPPO $1.69
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1.77
AvMed ASOEO $1.95
Aetna ASA $2.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.22
Humana HMO $2.64
Humana PPO $2.64
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3.13
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $3.48
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $3.48
AvMed HIXOON $3.48
Plotkin Health COMM $3.48
Multiplan Primary $5.42
Multiplan Complementary $5.91
PPO Next PPO $5.91
PPO Next COMM $5.91
Humana TRICARE $6.01
NovaNet COMM $6.25
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $6.50
United VACCN $6.63
United AllPayerAppendix $6.63
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $6.63
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $6.63
Hospice Big Bend FED $6.63
Humana MGMCRHMO $6.63
Wellmed MGMCR $6.63
Humana MGMCRPPO $6.63
BCBS MCRHMO $6.76
BCBS MCRPPO $6.76
United MCR $6.76
Aetna MCR $6.80
Sunshine State MCR $6.96
WellCare MCR $6.96
American Health Plan MCR $7.03
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $7.09
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.09
Align Senior Care MGMCR $7.09
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $7.23
Clear Spring Health MCR $7.29
Centurion GVT $7.29
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $7.62
Longevity Health Plan MCR $7.96
Oscar HIX $8.95
Simply Healthcare HIX $10.34
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $70.67
Prime Health WC $72.16
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $74.39
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Culture screening strep group a at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $117.33 $6.63 – $25.52
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $325.80 $6.30 – $11.07
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $358.37 $6.63 – $14.72
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $325.80 $6.30 – $14.16
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $192.83 $6.63 – $14.72
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $303.24 $6.30 – $14.48
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $49.24 $6.63 – $12.11
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $118.30 $2.78 – $16.15

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