Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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.

$5.67 with Simply vs $96.98 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 $5.67
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $7.00
AvMed HMOFI $8.84
United OptionsPPO $8.95
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $9.40
AvMed ASOEO $10.32
Aetna ASA $11.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.79
Humana HMO $14.00
Humana PPO $14.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $16.58
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $18.43
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $18.43
AvMed HIXOON $18.43
Plotkin Health COMM $18.43
Multiplan Primary $28.74
Multiplan Complementary $31.32
PPO Next PPO $31.32
PPO Next COMM $31.32
Humana TRICARE $31.81
NovaNet COMM $33.16
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $34.39
United VACCN $35.09
United AllPayerAppendix $35.09
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $35.09
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $35.09
Hospice Big Bend FED $35.09
Humana MGMCRHMO $35.09
Wellmed MGMCR $35.09
Humana MGMCRPPO $35.09
BCBS MCRHMO $35.79
BCBS MCRPPO $35.79
United MCR $35.79
Aetna MCR $35.97
Sunshine State MCR $36.84
WellCare MCR $36.84
American Health Plan MCR $37.20
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $37.55
Florida Complete Care MCR $37.55
Align Senior Care MGMCR $37.55
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $38.25
Clear Spring Health MCR $38.60
Centurion GVT $38.60
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $40.35
Longevity Health Plan MCR $42.11
Oscar HIX $47.37
Simply Healthcare HIX $54.74
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $92.13
Prime Health WC $94.07
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $96.98
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $129.02 $35.09 – $132.52
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $321.89 $35.09 – $77.90
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $170.31 $33.34 – $74.95
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $541.61 $35.09 – $77.90
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $234.84 $35.09 – $64.07
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $278.20 $25.65 – $90.95
martin north hospital Stuart $278.20 $27.00 – $80.25
indian river hospital Vero Beach $157.30 $25.04 – $85.60

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