Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) 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.

$2.38 with Simply vs $72.50 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 $2.38
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $2.94
AvMed HMOFI $3.71
United OptionsPPO $3.75
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3.94
AvMed ASOEO $4.33
Aetna ASA $4.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.94
Humana HMO $5.87
Humana PPO $5.87
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6.95
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $7.72
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $7.72
AvMed HIXOON $7.72
Plotkin Health COMM $7.72
Multiplan Primary $12.05
Multiplan Complementary $13.13
PPO Next PPO $13.13
PPO Next COMM $13.13
NovaNet COMM $13.90
Humana TRICARE $20.15
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $21.79
United VACCN $22.23
United AllPayerAppendix $22.23
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $22.23
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $22.23
Hospice Big Bend FED $22.23
Humana MGMCRHMO $22.23
Wellmed MGMCR $22.23
Humana MGMCRPPO $22.23
BCBS MCRHMO $22.67
BCBS MCRPPO $22.67
United MCR $22.67
Aetna MCR $22.79
Sunshine State MCR $23.34
WellCare MCR $23.34
American Health Plan MCR $23.56
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $23.79
Florida Complete Care MCR $23.79
Align Senior Care MGMCR $23.79
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $24.23
Clear Spring Health MCR $24.45
Centurion GVT $24.45
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $25.56
Longevity Health Plan MCR $26.68
Oscar HIX $30.01
Simply Healthcare HIX $34.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $68.88
Prime Health WC $70.33
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $72.50
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $156.62 $22.23 – $84.12
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $64.34 $21.12 – $37.10
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $70.02 $22.23 – $49.35
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $64.34 $21.12 – $47.48
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $110.38 $22.23 – $49.35
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $57.91 $21.12 – $48.56
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $451.00 $17.78 – $75.49
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $163.72 $22.23 – $40.59

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