Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$1,542.15

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.

$1,542.15

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.

$200.48 with Oscar vs $1,387.93 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
Oscar HIX $200.48 ↓ -87%
Simply MGMCR $237.49 ↓ -85%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $255.84 ↓ -83%
Simply Healthcare HIX $257.54 ↓ -83%
Prime Health WC $261.22 ↓ -83%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $269.30 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $293.01 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $370.12 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $374.74 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $393.25 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $431.80 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $462.64 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $493.49 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $586.02 ↓ -62%
Humana HMO $586.02 ↓ -62%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $693.97 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $771.08 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $771.08 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $771.08 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $771.08 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $1,202.88 ↓ -22%
PPO Next COMM $1,310.83 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $1,310.83 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $1,310.83 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $1,387.93 ↓ -10%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City $295.72 $628.20 – $1,516.98
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $597.10 not published
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $669.61 not published
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $609.70 not published
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $4,381.88 $841.35 – $1,536.31
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $1,535.30 $44.82 – $925.49
martin north hospital Stuart $1,535.30 $99.69 – $925.49
indian river hospital Vero Beach $1,535.30 $94.71 – $925.49

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